Russia's ability to conduct electronic war has made the U.S. army sobering effect. Faced in the Syrian Arab Republic and Ukraine With complexes electronic warfare "Krasuha-4" suppress radar and aviation systems, American Military officials had to admit that they are unable to catch up with the Russian Federation, the magazine writes.
the magazine quotes the expression of the commander of the military group United States European Union General Ben Hodges, who said that Russia's Ability to conduct electronic war incredible. To replace the head of cyber command, U.S. army Ronald Pontius recognized that promoting the US in this matter does not meet the existing threats.
Since beginning operations in Crimea, the Ukrainian Military has said that their radios and phones could not function for several hours, writes FP. With own side of the Special monitoring mission of the OSCE reported that their UAVs were faced With GPS jamming, causing the UAV had to put.
Russia has entire military units that are engaged in electronic war, said the head of the electronic warfare of the us army Jeffrey Church. According to him, these units have special equipment, have special reporting lines for electronic warfare. While in the U.S. army these tasks often perform two soldiers from the battalion, ensuring round the clock functioning. Only the American army has more than 1,000 such positions, but employed only 813, says military.
The Church recognizes that a significant portion of the American army of equipment purchased in the last ten years, been funded from additional funds, which it mostly is on the shelves and requires reconstruction and re-equipment." Without regular payment it becomes obsolete, " says the official.
The U.S. military is developing several programs to upgrade and improve the integration of electronic warfare, but none of them will be implemented in the near future, writes Foreign Policy.
sections: Politics |