“The takeaway from Iran's tactics is that adversaries are likely to combine precision #weapons with #cheap, mass-produced #drones to overwhelm air defense systems so that the #precision weapons can get through.

Managing this threat means developing #LowCost defensive weapons, produced and used at #scale, to complement the interceptor missiles costing millions that are built to target aircraft and ballistic missiles.”

#Conflict / #economics <https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/23/nato_air_defenses/>

“The #Khorramshahr #missile, #Iran’s most advanced ballistic missile, is believed to be capable of carrying a cluster #warhead dispersing up to 80 submunitions.

Since that post, it has come to loom large in Israeli threat assessments, a persistent concern for a country equipped with a multi-layered missile defence system that is widely regarded as the world’s most sophisticated.”

“Since the start of the war, Iran’s cluster munitions – which disperse dozens of bomblets mid-air – have tested Israel’s #HighlyAdvanced, multi-tier #MissileDefence network, including Iron Dome, which is designed to counter threats across ranges, altitudes and speeds, exposing gaps that interception alone has struggled to close.”

#Conflict <https://theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/iran-cluster-bombs-bypassing-israel-air-defences>