Russia has claimed it can disable the entire US Navy in one fell swoop using powerful electronic signal jamming.That's nothing. We have technology that can jam Putin's toilet. From mainland USA!
A news report from the country ‐ where the media is essentially controlled by the state ‐ said the technology could render planes, ships and missiles useless.
So why would they set themselves up to either look like fools or complicit fools when their vaunted technology doesn't work? I don't recall the Russians really being this reckless.
The newsreader says: "Today, our Russian Electronic Warfare (REW) troops can detect and neutralise any target from a ship’s system and a radar, to a satellite."
I'm going to call BS on the satellite part of the claim. And by proximity, I'm calling bs on the rest.
The news report claims a single Russian war plane flew several times around American destroyer the USS Donald Cook in the Black Sea several years ago, disabling its systems and leaving it helpless.
I remember the incident. I remember Russia bragging about it. Does anyone know if the Russians' statements have anything to do with reality? It's a pretty ballsy statement, especially since I'm sure our military knows whether or not it's true. If not, why bother? Yet they bothered . . . .
The report also claims they are capable to creating electronic jamming domes over their bases that make them invisible on radar screens.
Look for the hole and shoot it.
The propaganda piece even quotes top US General Frank Gorenc as saying: "Russian electronic weapons completely paralyse the functioning of American electronic equipment installed on missiles, aircraft and ships."
Only if it's electronics that were manufactured in China. But nobody would be so dumb as to do such a thing.
The reporter adds: "You don’t need to have expensive weapons to win ‐ powerful radio-electronic jamming is enough."
Suppose it's truly as simple as they claim. By that token, I'm sure an aircraft carrier should be able to do the same to the Russians, especially since the carrier has a whole lot more power available than can be packed into a missile or airplane. So it must be something else they are referring to. If it's even true.
The news comes after Donald Trump dispatched the USS Carl Vinson, powered by nuclear reactors, carrying almost 100 aircraft and accompanied by destroyers, a cruiser, and a submarine to the Korean Peninsula.
And the commander-in-chief is said to be bolstering American deployment in the region by sending the USS Ronald Reagan and the USS Nimitz to the Sea of Japan next week.
The MSM says since he hasn't sent them yet, that he's not serious because he isn't going to start a war on the MSM's timetable. Therefore we can't call this 'bolstering'.
Russia, along with China, is said to have sent a spy ship to the area to ward off the task force amid rising tensions in the region.
So they can watch what we do. And go to school.
And Putin urged the US to show "restraint".
I think Russia should go first. They can start with Pravda.