Former Air Force commanders, Lt. Col. (res.) Amikam Norkin and Lt. Col. (res.) David Ivri, warned against complacency regarding the Iranian threat, Israel’s dependence on American security assistance, and the new and particularly deadly threat – hypersonic cruise missiles. ……

Modern air and missile defense is approaching a structural limit. The model that protected forces over the past two decades remains effective, but only within a narrower envelope than current threats demand. A new approach is required, built on fire-control-level…