The democratization of airpower via low-cost unmanned systems has rendered traditional air defense paradigms obsolete. The emerging threat landscape is defined not by the sophistication of a single platform, but by the saturation of airspace through massed, coordinated swarms. Defeating this threat requires a fundamental transition from an interceptor-based “shield” mentality to a resilience-based “absorption” strategy.
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A new chapter in modern warfare may be opening with China’s drone carrier, a platform that could become the central actor in large-scale robotic combat. In Beijing, it was officially announced that the AVIC Jiutian, a massive unmanned aircraft developed by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), has successfully completed its first flight.