Modern high-tech warfare has brought many challenges and demands for change to the construction of air defense facilities, and the following points are the impact of modern warfare on the construction of air defense facilities
1.Technology upgrades and increased complexity:
In the face of the threat of high-precision and long-range strikes, air defense facilities not only need more advanced radar systems to achieve early warning and accurate tracking, but also require the performance of interception systems such as air defense missiles to be greatly improved, with the ability to resist stealth and saturation attacks. This requires that the air defense command and control system must be integrated, networked, and intelligent, able to quickly process massive amounts of data, and to achieve information sharing and coordinated operations with other services and arms, and at the same time, it is also necessary to do a good job in the self-protection of the air defense command room.
2.Defense-in-depth vs. Distributed Deployment:
In modern warfare, air defense facilities are no longer built in a centralized manner, but tend to be deployed in a distributed manner to improve survivability and reaction speed, and reduce the risk of being completely paralyzed by a single strike by the enemy.
The number of underground or semi-underground air defense facilities has increased, and the use of protection projects to provide solid physical protection has been combined with surface buildings to form a multi-level and three-dimensional air defense system.
3.Urban air defense and civil protection:
With the development of warfare, urban air defense has become the focus, and the construction of air defense facilities should consider how to effectively protect the safety of civilian lives and property, including the construction of comprehensive urban air raid shelters, shelters and emergency rescue systems.
4.Mobility and quick reflexes:
In order to cope with the rapidly changing battlefield environment, air defense facilities need to be highly mobile, such as field air defense systems that can be quickly deployed and withdrawn, short-range air defense missiles, etc.
5.Electronic Warfare and Cybersecurity:
Modern air defense facilities must strengthen electromagnetic protection and electronic countermeasure capabilities, while ensuring the network security of communications and command systems, and preventing the enemy from interfering, sabotaging or controlling air defense systems through cyber means.
6.Sustainability & Cost-Effectiveness Considerations:
The construction of air defense facilities also needs to take into account economic benefits and long-term operational needs, adopt modular design, standardized production and other methods to reduce costs, and ensure continuous renewal and maintenance in long-term conflicts.
To sum up, modern warfare has prompted the construction of air defense facilities to develop in the direction of higher technology, deeper integration, and more comprehensive protection.