When air defence is discussed, the assumption is often total protection. But that assumption does not hold, especially in India’s context. At the Strategic Renaissance of Air Power Conference, Air Marshal Diptendu Chowdhary pointed to the core challenge: scale. The sheer size of India makes it impossible to build an air defence system that stops every drone or every incoming strike. Even heavily layered systems, like those seen in Israel, have not been impermeable. The lesson? Air defence is not about perfection. It is about resilience under saturation. In modern warfare, some threats will get through. The real question is not can you stop everything, but can you absorb, respond, and continue to fight? #AirDefence #DroneWarfare #MilitaryStrategy #IndiaSecurity #chakranewz @SandeepUnnithan @awasthi_bob @i_DeepakBhadana @SonicLancer
