Silent Killers: How Directed Energy Weapons Are Revolutionizing Air Defense Against Drone Swarms and C-RAM

Introduction: The Economics of Air Defense Have Collapsed Modern warfare has exposed a brutal asymmetry in air defense economics. Across Ukraine, the Red Sea, Gaza, Syria, and the Indo-Pacific, militaries are increasingly confronted by mass drone attacks, loitering munitions, low-cost cruise missiles, and rocket artillery that can overwhelm even advanced integrated air-defense systems. A $1,000…