WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is expected to spend $47 billion over the next five years to modernize its electronic warfare (EW) systems. Without this funding, experts say that the U.S. military, already trailing Russia and China in some areas, would struggle on a future battlefield. C4ISR.net reports. Continue reading original article
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26 Feb. 2020 -- But several experts and government personnel now insist the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) needs a top-down vision to the services that would help guide operations, investments and capabilities within the electromagnetic spectrum.
Leaders from Russia and China have said that in future conflicts they will target communications systems first to prevent opponents from coordinating and to stop radars from detecting threats.
“To start a war without controlling the electromagnetic spectrum is tantamount to defeat,” said Anatoly Tsyganok, a retired colonel and member of the Russian Center for Political-Military Studies.
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