2. INTRODUCTION
Action involving use of the electromagnetic spectrum
Three main divisions :
Electronic Attack (EA)
Electronic Protection (EP)
Electronic Warfare Support (ES)
3. ELECTRONIC ATTACK (EA)
Promote Uncertainty
Use of active and passive energy to
“attack “
Four Classes of EA
Jamming
Modifiers
Radar-absorbing materials (RAM)
Physical Destruction
4. NON-DESTRUCTIVE EA
DENIAL:
Overload opposition’s receiver to deny its
use by the enemy by JAMMING, CHAFF and
FLARES
DECEPTION:
Create false image or change image’s
characteristics on a radar display. Misleads or
“spoofs” by using repeaters, transponders, chaff-
disguise, radar decoys, blip enhancers and radar
cross section (RCS) modification
5. NOISE JAMMING
Deliberate impairing of enemy’s devices
radiation, re-radiation, or reflection of
electromagnetic energy
TGT Freq
True Noise
Ideal Jammer
Actual Spot
Jammer
14. ELECTRONIC PROTECTION
(EP)
Protection of friendly combat capability
against undesirable effect of friendly or enemy
employed EW
Types
Passive EW
Active EW
15. EP
Three ways to defend from enemy EW
Modify radar
o Make it more complex
o Make it harder to jam
Modify the Medium
o Chaff
o Torch
Modify the platform
16. EP FACTORS
BURNTHROUGH:
Increase signal strength to overpower
jammer noise (ECCM)
Emission Control (EMCON)
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Operator Recognition Training
22. ES
(RECEIVER DESIGN
REQUIREMENTS)
Wide spectrum surveillance
Wide dynamic range
Unwanted signal rejection
Angle-of-Arrival measurement
Signal Analysis capability
Real-Time Display
Recording System
23.
24. • SLQ-32 “Sidekick”
– On all combatants
– Radar warning, detection and jamming
– Uses internal library to auto detect/categorize
• Infrared Flares
– On all combatants
• Chaff
– On all combatants