Full Spectrum Air Defense

The Past … Old is New

37M 85M 3M 3M 1M
116K 405K 36.5K 58.2K 9K

1 2 3

Vietnam
Korean
WW II
WW I

OIF
Cold War

1% 22% <2% <3% 41% 15% 10% 6.8% <6% 3.5% <5.7% GDP
 • DETERRENCE …
COLLECTIVE DEFENSE
• CRISIS MANAGEMENT
• COOPERATIVE SECURITY

“Persistent” Air Superiority Global Strike

“Penetrating” Global Mobility

C2 ISR

ASSESS
Organize Train Equip Deploy Employ
FIND
FIX
TRACK
TARGET ENGAGE
 Emerging Threats Emerging Warfighting Concepts Emerging Technology
• BMD • Joint All Domain Command & Control • Hypersonics
• Cruise Missiles (JADC2) • Directed Energy
• Small UAS • Air Base Air Defense • (FNC3) Fully Networked
• A2/AD … Contested • EW Command, Control &

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• Space Communications
• Cyber • AI/Machine Learning
• China • Quantum Science
• Microelectronics
Arctic • Autonomy

Realities
Power … NATO potential power is not
W E
real power
Sea Lanes Russia

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Transition … Prompt consensus is
pivotal, collective defence … decisive
Threat … The enemy has a vote and
could choose war
Force … NATO forces must be ready, Immigration
deployable and sustainable Terrorism
QUESTIONS
• Replace the current peacetime standing mission of air
policing with air defense

• Create a strategic Indications & Warnings system

• Create a peacetime Standing Vigilance mission to collect

JISR

• Create a standing full spectrum 24/7/365 Air Operations

Center (AOC) to support Joint Force Air Component
(JFAC) missions

• Increase readiness, increase readiness, increase

readiness
 4th & 5th Gen

Data … Knowledge … Wisdom