Over the Horizon Sensing, Targeting, and Attack

摘要

Such weapons have been obtained and sometimes used by armies in several conflicts since the 1980s. This article focuses on the offensive and defensive use of those conventional capabilities. Such weapons often take the form of ballistic or cruise missiles with powerful conventional warheads, and/or possessing very high precision guidance. These have the potential to cause massive devastation even without a nuclear warhead. These weapons are capable of crippling vital components of national infrastructure, such as energy, water, and food reserves or communications services. They can bring the economy to a standstill by targeting roadways, railways, and bridges, creating naval blockades, and damaging airport runways. Destroying naval and air defence assets, radars, and command posts is also part of such an offensive, as they protect those infrastructure.