Missile Defense Vs. China, Russia: Decentralize, Disperse, & Hide
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on January 25, 2018 at 4:00 AM
WASHINGTON: China or Russia could all too easily detect and destroy US Army missile defenses, exposing American forces to devastating attack, a forthcoming study finds. Patriot and THAAD units are big groups of big objects — launchers, radars, command posts — that emit lots of heat and radio/radar waves, are hard to camouflage, and can’t relocate quickly. To ensure our missile defenses can survive against near-peer threats, argues study lead author Tom Karako, the Army needs to decentralize its missile defense batteries, disperse the radars and launchers, and hide them in the terrain — a concept he calls “distributed defense.â€
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/01/missile-defense-vs-china-russia-decentralize-disperse-hide/
