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| The US Army is rushing to rearm its electronic warriors after watching Russia and Ukraine jam each other's drones |
| 2023-08-17 |
| [Business Insider] After years of neglecting electronic warfare, the US Army is rushing to revitalize its jamming capabilities. The catalyst is the Ukraine war, where cheap but plentiful drones are playing a vital — almost decisive — role, doing everything from spotting for artillery to destroying armored vehicles. At the same time, jamming has emerged as perhaps the most effective counter-drone weapon: Ukraine may be losing 10,000 drones a month — many to Russian electronic-warfare systems — while it strives to boost its jamming capabilities. Rather than using scarce and expensive antiaircraft missiles and guns to shoot down a drone that may cost only a few hundred dollars, it's easier to disrupt the link between the drone and its operator, causing it to crash. This has put fresh impetus behind the US Army's electronic-warfare upgrades. Douglas Bush, the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics, and technology, told reporters during an August 7 roundtable discussion that the Army was "fundamentally reinvesting in rebuilding our tactical electronic-warfare capability after that largely left the force over the last 20 years." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 after watching Russia and Ukraine jam each other's drones Prob isn't a rainbow reference. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-08-17 23:23 |
| #3 Rather than using scarce and expensive antiaircraft missiles and guns to shoot down a drone that may cost only a few hundred dollars, it's easier to disrupt the link between the drone and its operator, causing it to crash. Duh. Except it doesn't crash, it defaults. Some defaults are power off, which is not necessarily a crash but unpowered descent. They can do a loiter until reconnected. Some even fly to Iran. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-08-17 13:04 |
| #2 Never mind all that. Will our new electronic warfare systems be diverse, equitable, and inclusive? |
| Posted by: Matt 2023-08-17 12:23 |