A Ukrainian air-defense sergeant says missiles aren't his most challenging shortage. It's the gear that finds enemy targets.
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In Ukraine’s air defense, the bottleneck isn’t just missiles but the sensors, batteries, and targeting gear that make them usable at scale. For any critical system—military or civilian—the lesson is that resilience depends on the weakest link in the detection-to-action chain, not just the headline asset.
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