When I have to place heavy defenses at a warp point (which rarely is needed) I build a two-layered defense.
The first layer consists of a starbase and several space stations on the exterior (far side of the warp point I'm defending). This is designed to prevent any ships from reaching the planet itself.
The second layer is a simple area of mines & satellites on the interior (the warp point in the system I'm protecting). This way, should an enemy attacker get into my space, they must deal with heavy losses from a set of battles, mines, and satellites.
This leaves the foe (in most cases) weak enough for my outdated, light defense ships to take out.
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