Executive Summary The operational vulnerability of forward-deployed expeditionary air bases to low-altitude penetration, uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), and coordinated saturation strikes represents an escalating structural crisis within joint multi-domain warfare. Historically, the division of air and missile defense roles established under post-World War II inter-service agreements assigned organic ground-based air defense primarily to army ground … Leggi tutto Forward Air Base Defense: Structural Seams – Low-Altitude Ingress Dynamics – Integrated Countermeasures (2026–2031)