I asked NORAD/Northern Command's top general if they have a plan to defend the homeland against the threat of high-speed cruise missiles. His answer was... complicated:
https://twitter.com/DefenseOne/status/1551689267302354946
NORAD scans for ICBMs over the Pole but now "cruise missiles can come off submarines in the Atlantic or in the Pacific, they can come off container ships parked in port, they can come off land, they can come off of airplanes, they can come off multiple directions from all axes."
"The North Warning System, which was put into place in the 1980s, did its job very well for the Soviet and the Russian threat of bombers coming over the [North] Pole. But now, as you develop a cruise missile with stealth characteristics, the radar coverage is shrunk."
For the future threat, NORAD needs new technology, faster data, and global integration.
“Candidly, if I’m shooting down cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, we’ve failed in deterrence and that’s not where we want to be."
“Candidly, if I’m shooting down cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, we’ve failed in deterrence and that’s not where we want to be."
His answer follows a CSIS report and some digging and by @MarcusReports (see below) and @DefTechPat in recent weeks. defenseone.com/threats/2022/0…
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