Posted on 05/26/2024 9:15:20 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
The US has been outclassed by its rivals, such as Russia, in its capacity to remotely take out enemy weapons using jamming technology, according to former US military officials.
Mike Nagata, a retired US Army lieutenant general who led special operations in the Middle East, said that the US is "still falling behind" in its electronic warfare capabilities, reported Defense One.
Electronic warfare units, which use electronic signals to remotely scramble the GPS coordinates used to guide weapons, have played a key role in Russia's war in Ukraine.
"The gap between where the United States should be and where we are, in my judgment, continues to expand not everywhere, but in far too many places," Nagata reportedly said at the SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida. He called on the US to get more creative to regain its dominance in electronic warfare.
Two retired special operations personnel singled out Russia in remarks to the publication. They said that one reason the Kremlin's technology is significantly better, is because it ignored international laws designed to stop jamming of civilian telecommunications.
It had also invested in electromagnetic innovation for decades while the US had focused its jamming technology on gathering intelligence in areas such as the Middle, according to the publication.
Russia has repeatedly used its electronic warfare units to disable expensive precision-guided weapons that the US has given its ally Ukraine in its battle against Russia.
According to reports, they've proven effective in sending GPS-guided Excalibur artillery rounds off course. They have also been effective against the JDAM US-made missiles used by Ukraine's air force, as well as the rockets fired by US-made Himars missile systems.
Last year, Ukraine's outgoing senior commander, Valery Zaluzhnyi, in an interview with The Economist, said Russia's electronic warfare capability had given it an important edge.
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Then let’s break it down. Per post #2: “They need it more than we do.”
Who did you mean by “they”?
What does “it” refer to?
Who do you think?
I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking. (Because you’ve already indicated DesertRhino’s interpretation of your statement is incorrect.)
I may have early oneset Alzheimers but you lost me.
It’s not that difficult. In response to the article, you wrote “They need it more than we do.”
Who did you mean by “they”?
What did you mean by “it”?
You wrote those words, so I presume you know what you meant.
Ok this stuff is not really worth getting into but the ‘it’ refers to the technology the Russians seem to be better at. They need it because like the Stasi they need to control communications more.
The truth will set you free.
Right now? No.
Iran sent drones to Israel that flew a whole lot further than a hundred miles.
We can still use our aircraft carriers for the time being. But they'll be no longer the "lead ships".
Carriers are never the lead ships, i.e. out front. They travel with a large number of escort ships surrounding the carrier. There may be a submarine as well.
Y’all, just FYI: my reply 31 was SARCASM. ;-)
???
So when it comes to electronic warfare (which is only going to become more prominent with the passage of time), after an article displays how our weapons-jamming technology is notably inferior to a country that is a geopolitical rival (and an outright enemy according to some on this forum), what kind of take is it to say "they need [weapons jamming technology] more than we do"?
Of course America needs more effective electronic warfare technology and methods; and if you believe the American military needs to be on the cutting edge against her peers, the default answer should be "America needs [insert technology] more than [her allies/rivals/enemies] do".
(Also, I hope you didn't just insinuate that we live in a society without information control. The military effectiveness of one's electronic warfare technology is an entirely separate question from political control of domestic communications.)
“Well, that’s reassuring.”
Maybe not, but it’s accurate. The cold war was nothing but posturing. Each side had no more power to do their work following their agenda than the other. The discovery of technology was both a God send and a curse as it provided each path. But it was, and still is, a path chosen by man. Hopefully man will go down the right one. One direction is understanding and the other is destruction. And that in its way is an understanding for those that give it some thought. But God left evil in the world and it always seems to need its agenda filled also. Thus man mustn’t always take the right path to reach the right destination. And the chaos in the wake is the measurement.
wy69
“Well, that’s reassuring.”
Maybe not, but it’s accurate. The cold war was nothing but posturing. Each side had no more power to do their work following their agenda than the other. The discovery of technology was both a God send and a curse as it provided each path. But it was, and still is, a path chosen by man. Hopefully man will go down the right one. One direction is understanding and the other is destruction. And that in its way is an understanding for those that give it some thought. But God left evil in the world and it always seems to need its agenda filled also. Thus man mustn’t always take the right path to reach the right destination. And the chaos in the wake is the measurement.
wy69
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