EDN News 12 — Airdefense https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/ Surface-to-air systems explained layer by layer: sensors, interceptors, command links, magazine depth and the cost per engagement each design accepts. en-US Thu, 03 Sep 2026 03:19:09 GMT Airdefense Here is why an air defense radar cannot see over the horizon, and how defenders fix it https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/why-a-radar-cannot-see-over-the-horizon-and-how-defenders-fix-it/ https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/why-a-radar-cannot-see-over-the-horizon-and-how-defenders-fix-it/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:54:03 GMT Marta Kowalczyk Airdefense The Patriot system explained: what its radar and interceptors actually do, per official documents https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/the-patriot-system-explained-what-its-radar-and-interceptors-do/ https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/the-patriot-system-explained-what-its-radar-and-interceptors-do/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:54:02 GMT Nils Andersen Airdefense Putting an Army interceptor on Navy destroyers is really about magazine depth https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/putting-an-army-interceptor-on-navy-destroyers-is-really-about-magazine-depth-6fa09025/ https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/putting-an-army-interceptor-on-navy-destroyers-is-really-about-magazine-depth-6fa09025/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:42:22 GMT Marta Kowalczyk Airdefense Hit-to-kill versus proximity fusing: the two ways an interceptor can end a threat https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/hit-to-kill-versus-proximity-fuse-the-two-ways-an-engagement-ends/ https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/hit-to-kill-versus-proximity-fuse-the-two-ways-an-engagement-ends/ Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT Marta Kowalczyk Airdefense Passive sensors let a modern air defense see without switching on https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/how-passive-sensors-complement-radars-in-a-modern-iads/ https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/how-passive-sensors-complement-radars-in-a-modern-iads/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT Marta Kowalczyk Airdefense Why no single sensor or shooter can solve the armed drone problem on its own https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/why-no-single-sensor-or-shooter-solves-the-drone-problem/ https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/why-no-single-sensor-or-shooter-solves-the-drone-problem/ Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT Marta Kowalczyk Airdefense Why an interceptor can cost a hundred times the drone it downs https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/the-cost-exchange-problem-why-interceptors-cost-more-than-targets/ https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/the-cost-exchange-problem-why-interceptors-cost-more-than-targets/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT Marta Kowalczyk Airdefense Magazine depth is the number that decides an air defense battle before it starts https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/what-magazine-depth-means-when-interceptors-run-out/ https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/what-magazine-depth-means-when-interceptors-run-out/ Fri, 08 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT Marta Kowalczyk Airdefense Terrain and siting decide what a ground radar can and cannot see https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/how-terrain-and-siting-decide-ground-radar-coverage/ https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/how-terrain-and-siting-decide-ground-radar-coverage/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT Marta Kowalczyk Airdefense How C-RAM defenses shoot down rockets, artillery and mortar rounds in mid-flight https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/how-c-ram-defenses-stop-rockets-artillery-and-mortars/ https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/how-c-ram-defenses-stop-rockets-artillery-and-mortars/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT Marta Kowalczyk Airdefense Why low-flying cruise missiles vanish from ground radar and how airborne cueing finds them https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/why-cruise-missiles-hide-from-ground-radar-and-how-cueing-fixes-it/ https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/why-cruise-missiles-hide-from-ground-radar-and-how-cueing-fixes-it/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT Marta Kowalczyk Airdefense An engagement zone is smaller than the missile: how defenders size it https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/what-an-engagement-zone-is-and-how-defenders-size-it/ https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/what-an-engagement-zone-is-and-how-defenders-size-it/ Sun, 25 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT Marta Kowalczyk Airdefense How a layered integrated air defense system turns scattered sensors into one engagement decision https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/how-a-layered-iads-ties-sensors-and-shooters-into-one-decision/ https://ednnews-12.com/airdefense/how-a-layered-iads-ties-sensors-and-shooters-into-one-decision/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT Marta Kowalczyk Airdefense