Army brass, eyeing Ukraine, warn of urgent need to counter high-tempo aerial barrages

By Jason Sherman / July 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Army is drawing urgent lessons from the war in Ukraine that are reshaping its approach to air and missile defense, with a key leader emphasizing the need to counter massed attacks, treat sustainment as a strategic imperative and harness data as the defining currency of future combat. Brig. Gen. Curtis King, commander of the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, delivered a stark assessment of how the war in Ukraine is reshaping Army air defense priorities in Europe...

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