Electronic Warfare
ELECTRONIC WARFARE
INTRODUCTION
1. The advent of World War 1 saw two new dimensions being added to warfare one of air and other of under water. But probably the most important element to be put to use for war in the 20th century was the use of radio waves and the associated electronics. They were used first in radio communication and later on in the fields of radar. Under the stimulus of war, technology advanced rapidly and new systems provided greater ranges, greater precision and greater capacity. It was a shock to the designers who discovered that the capable enemy has denied the use of their electronic gadgets. The importance of electronic gadgets in the battle leads to a never ending race in this field. G.M this brings me to the topic of my today’s presentation i.e. “Electronic Warfare”.
2. GM; in next 20 minutes or so I will be talking about the EW. As per the sequence of my presentation flashed before you, i would first like to go through definition of EW which also includes Electromagnetic Environment (EME) and Operational Environment.
DEFINITION
3. GM; the text book definition of EW is flashed in front of you. “Electronic Warfare is defined as a military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine, exploit, reduce or prevent hostile use of electromagnetic spectrum and actions which retain friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum”.
4. Electronic Warfare (EW) has the fastest growth trend compared to any other military system and is one of the key elements of the modern battle scenario, protecting one’s own forces from attack, denying information to the enemy and intercepting and disrupting an enemy’s voice communication and data links. In effect, EW is a continuing war between active systems that ‘attack’ and defensive systems which ‘protect’. The basic concept of EW is to exploit the enemy’s electromagnetic emission in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT (EME)
5. Military
INTRODUCTION
1. The advent of World War 1 saw two new dimensions being added to warfare one of air and other of under water. But probably the most important element to be put to use for war in the 20th century was the use of radio waves and the associated electronics. They were used first in radio communication and later on in the fields of radar. Under the stimulus of war, technology advanced rapidly and new systems provided greater ranges, greater precision and greater capacity. It was a shock to the designers who discovered that the capable enemy has denied the use of their electronic gadgets. The importance of electronic gadgets in the battle leads to a never ending race in this field. G.M this brings me to the topic of my today’s presentation i.e. “Electronic Warfare”.
2. GM; in next 20 minutes or so I will be talking about the EW. As per the sequence of my presentation flashed before you, i would first like to go through definition of EW which also includes Electromagnetic Environment (EME) and Operational Environment.
DEFINITION
3. GM; the text book definition of EW is flashed in front of you. “Electronic Warfare is defined as a military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine, exploit, reduce or prevent hostile use of electromagnetic spectrum and actions which retain friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum”.
4. Electronic Warfare (EW) has the fastest growth trend compared to any other military system and is one of the key elements of the modern battle scenario, protecting one’s own forces from attack, denying information to the enemy and intercepting and disrupting an enemy’s voice communication and data links. In effect, EW is a continuing war between active systems that ‘attack’ and defensive systems which ‘protect’. The basic concept of EW is to exploit the enemy’s electromagnetic emission in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT (EME)
5. Military