Elewctronic warfare

Electronic Warfare: How The U.S. Army Could Lose Its Next War

There’s only one problem: in future wars, the Army is likely to face enemies far better equipped than it is to seize control of the electromagnetic spectrum and exploit it to tactical advantage.  Two decades of fighting rag-tag terrorist groups with scant resources has dulled its edge in electronic warfare, while countries like Russia and China have worked hard to maintain and expand their capabilities.

To say the Army isn’t ready for what lies ahead is an understatement: if it got in a fight with Russian troops in Ukraine, Poland or the Baltic states, the Army could quickly see all of its key targeting and communications systems shut down by enemy jammers.  It might even lose access to GPS signals, which soldiers depend on to know where they and their allies are on the battlefield.  GPS signals are not hard to jam — they’re relatively weak — and the Russians know exactly how to do this.