The one effective method of defending one's own territory from an offensive by air is to destroy the enemy's air power with the greatest possible speed.
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The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength - not his weaknesses - to place him immediately on the defensive.
The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose.
Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.
How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?
Relying exclusively on air power has limits: planes are effective against fixed strategic targets, like petroleum storage, bridges, and command bunkers; but even then, air power rarely succeeds by itself in destroying a regime's ability to command and control its forces.
The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.
Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.
You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.