Russian Supported rebels have adopted new electronic methods of warfare in Ukraine that shock the Americans and NATO.
– Wow! These guys have done things we’ve never seen.
US commander in Europe, General Benn Hodges, got a scary surprise when he summer was briefed by US officers about the war in Ukraine.
Hundreds of US officers now training Ukrainian soldiers. But Americans learn at least as much of Ukrainians – on what modern Russian warfare means.
– No Americans have been under Russian artillery or rocket fire, or experienced Russian electronic warfare, jamming and mapping. It Ukrainians. We have learned a lot from them, said Hodges of the American Defense News.
Lammer all communications
Russia’s electronic warfare been so effective and devastating in eastern Ukraine that also would have been fatal for Americans, NATO or Norwegian forces.
The Russian-supported forces in eastern Ukraine fails systematically to paralyze communication means the Ukrainian soldiers are using.
Mobile phones and any system that uses GPS, is almost useless when the Ukrainian soldiers in combat.
The Russian equipment destroying Ukrainians command and control at the front, making it difficult to set goals and provide positions.
– We have learned a lot of Ukrainians, said Hodges.
Also drones that OSCE observers use to follow the war in Ukraine, turned out the Russian-supported rebel high-tech equipment.
deer systems unusable
– The Americans and NATO have tried against insurgent groups in Afghanistan and Iraq. It is quite another Ukrainians face in eastern Ukraine, said Lt. Col. Palle Ydstebø at National Defence College. – This is the first time in recent times some meetings the best Russians has to offer.
Russia has conducted a vigorous modernization after the war against Georgia in 2008.
– The time it was much that did not work, says Ydstebø.
He notes that most new, modern military systems and precision weapons using GPS, whether for navigation, communication or control of artillery systems.
– Do you have a counterpart that the Russians, who are able to knock out GPS signals, and your equipment does not have protection, so all this is practically useless, says Ydstebø.
– NATO and the US had a large military technological edge. Has the Russian advances in electronic warfare offset this win?
– The Russians have gone into some of its latest and most modern equipment at a Ukrainian military force that has been plagued by corruption, incompetence and mismanagement in 20 years.
An electronic war machine
Putin’s modernized army has adopted a number of new weapons systems in recent years.
An example is “Borisoglebsk 2″. The equipment is named after two Orthodox saints, one of which was killed by Norwegian Vikings, according to Russian legends.
Borisoglebsk units consists of nine vehicles that preys on signals and cripples mobile traffic, satellite communication and systems for radio navigation.
The range is extended, the accuracy has improved, and the electronic war machine scans lightning fast frequencies to discover where your opponent communicate.
More images from social media in Ukraine shows that this type of equipment must be in Rebel possession.
Concern Pentagon and Brussels
American politicians believe the war on terror and domination by the Soviet Union has led the United States have not followed the developments.
– We still leading, but this lead decreases quickly, said Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Framework earlier this winter.
Americans’ concerns are also discussed in the state-controlled Russian media. This type of case beats a good position among the Russians.
Meanwhile, fears several NATO countries that increased US presence may lead to NATO being drawn into, something that is very little interest in most European capitals.
The Americans have admitted that it has encountered significant problems when NATO forces have trained together in the Baltics.
In spring 2014 showed exercises with Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and American soldiers serious weaknesses. Although all the various NATO countries used the American-produced Harris radios, they used different encryption systems. To communicate, they had to turn off encryption, so that they become an even easier prey for electronic warriors.
Combat aircraft vulnerable to electronic warfare
The new Norwegian fighter planes based on sovereign technology. But this summer started discussion on the withstand Russian electronic warfare.
Russians – and the Chinese – great advances in electronic warfare can be a major challenge for the largest military investment.
Norway to buy 52 new F-35 fighter planes to 68 billion.
In summer running a debate on combat aircraft super modern weapons systems for largely based high technology that can be susceptible to electronic warfare.
A report that was leaked from the Pentagon showed that fighter came out badly in the melee against much older fighter where F-35 could not take advantage of their superior technology.
“Can China and Russia destroy the US F-35 in struggle, “wrote the US magazine National Interest.
” There is reason to wonder how effective F-35s bag of tricks becomes in the future, “asked the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Technological head start in danger
The British newspaper Independent wrote recently that the Chinese and Russians are developing new radars that make them “invisible” US combat planes are visible.
During the winter started US defense authorities with the new, comprehensive analysis of electronic warfare.
Ukrainians in turn has left its older Russian combat aircraft on the ground. The insurgents’ electronic warfare combined with missile systems did the Ukrainian air force almost impossible to use in the war.
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