U.S. is using electronic warfare to attack in waves

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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-electronic-warfare-20110711,0,6443325.story

In the skies above Libya, the U.S. Navy has been deploying a small fleet of supersonic EA-18 Growler jets to "jam" Moammar Kadafi's ground radar, giving NATO fighters and bombers free rein to strike tanks, communication depots and other strategic targets.

It's the latest demonstration of "electronic attack" hardware — the "EA" in the Growler's name. Armies have been waging electronic warfare since World War II, but today's technology packs a strategic wallop unforeseen even a decade ago.

With foreign adversaries continuing to improve their radar capabilities and air defense networks, and terrorists worldwide using modern consumer electronics to trigger explosives, the United States is spending billions of dollars in a massive effort to respond. These jammers, for instance, spew radio waves and emit other electromagnetic noise to jumble enemy electronic signals.

"War fighters have gone from using physical weapons like spears and knives, to chemical weapons such as gunpowder and explosives, to electronics with radio waves and computer codes," said Peter W. Singer, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. "It's a natural evolution in warfare."





******as long as we keep this kind of horse shit up -- all talk about the debt & deficit is hypocrisy & lies.

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1. Just testing it, no problem

Need to know it works in case they have to use it on domestic enemies of the state, y'know.

[newfie11]

2. boys and their toys

meanwhile the cost of war in human suffering (innocents killed) and our economy seems to be low on their list of priorities.

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3. +1

[HereSince1628]

4. Right now, the gov't is feeding and housing Billy Joe

if we had more mouths to feed, the lawn wouldn't recover between harvests. Jingo up some patriotic music and you'll feel better right quick.

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5. kick