Protection of Critical Infrastructures against Low Altitude Aerial Vehicles: Multidisciplinary Design and Optimization of Complex Systems Architectures

During the World Wars, systems were designed to counter known adversaries with predictable doctrines and strategies. Nowadays, the strategic environment is asymmetric, dominated by uncertainty, and driven by opponents that seek to exploit non-traditional weaknesses in the national security of developed countries. Indeed, terrorism has become increasingly diversified and sophisticated: people engaged in terrorist activities have learnt from...