#Air Defense Systems
129 articles
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
![Hellenic Air Force fighter aircrafts Dassault Mirage 2000 fly over the ancient temple of Parthenon atop the Acropolis hill during a military parade marking Greece’s Independence Day in Athens, on March 25, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Hellenic Air Force fighter aircrafts Dassault Mirage 2000 fly over the ancient temple of Parthenon atop the Acropolis hill during a military parade marking Greece’s Independence Day in Athens, on March 25, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Prototype of an interceptor drone developed by Amazing Drones stands on the table during a press conference of Japanese corporation Terra Drone and Ukrainian company Amazing Drones on March 31, 2026, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Prototype of an interceptor drone developed by Amazing Drones stands on the table during a press conference of Japanese corporation Terra Drone and Ukrainian company Amazing Drones on March 31, 2026, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Ukraine Is Turning Russia’s Air Defense Into “Swiss Cheese.” What’s Next?]( "Ukraine Is Turning Russia’s Air Defense Into “Swiss Cheese.” What’s Next?")
- Author
![Photo of Louis Beaudemont]( "Photo of Louis Beaudemont")
- Category
- War in Ukraine
Ukraine’s systematic campaign against Russian air defense systems is turning once heavily protected airspace into a network of exploitable gaps. With dozens of confirmed hits on launchers and radars in the first months of 2026 alone, Kyiv is reshaping the geometry of the battlefield and forcing Moscow into impossible choices.![Pantsir-S1 (SA-22) self-propelled surface-to-air missile system displayed under the Russian flag at the Army defense exhibition in Kubinka, 2016. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Pantsir-S1 (SA-22) self-propelled surface-to-air missile system displayed under the Russian flag at the Army defense exhibition in Kubinka, 2016. (Source: Getty Images)")
![THAAD anti-missile defense system developed by Lockheed Martin, shown in a file photo during testing. (Source: Getty Images)]( "THAAD anti-missile defense system developed by Lockheed Martin, shown in a file photo during testing. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Destroyed Russian military vehicles at a former base near Kherson International Airport following the withdrawal of Russian forces, November 19, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Destroyed Russian military vehicles at a former base near Kherson International Airport following the withdrawal of Russian forces, November 19, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)")
-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
-24deccd511006ba79cfc4d798c6c2ef5.jpeg "Photo of Louis Beaudemont")
