02 August 2008

Is There Pentagon Electronic Warfare Deficit?

Stephen Trimble is reporting that the Pentagon is concerned that its current generation of EW gear will not be able to cope with later models of Russian SAMs.

The S-300 and S-400 systems (SA-12, 20, 21, 23) have the potential even the existing ALQ-99, which is carried by dedicated jammers, the EA6B Prowler and F/A-18G Growler.

I'm not sure how much this is Pentagon budget sucking, and how much is real needs myself.

He also posted a neat Youtube (it's about an hour long) on the history of electronic warfare in the Silicon Valley:

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