Friday, April 01, 2022

What to know about the Russian electronic warfare device reportedly captured in Ukraine

Spoils of war! Apparently, in March 2022, Ukrainian forces captured the latest version of a Russian electronic warfare device.

"... Ukrainian forces in March reportedly captured a Krasukha-4 electronic warfare system brought by the invading Russian army. While it looks like a shipping container with irregular panels, it is actually a sophisticated signal jammer, designed to incapacitate the early warning sensors on airplanes. ... that “the equipment will likely be transported by road to the US Air Force base in Ramstein, Germany, before it is flown to the U.S. for closer examination.” ...
Ever since Russia first debuted electronic warfare capabilities against Ukraine in 2014 [annexation of Crimean peninsula?], the U.S. military has treated the threat as real, powerful, and worthy of study and imitation. ...
Shortly after Russian electronic warfare equipment arrived in Crimea in 2014, “Ukrainian troops began to find that their radios and phones were unusable for hours at a time,” ...
In 2014, Russian media claimed that several [Russian] aircraft flying over the Black Sea had successfully disabled the anti-air systems and radars of an American destroyer ...
A jammer can also interfere with weapons that rely on electronics, such as causing an electronic fuse in an artillery shell to detonate prematurely. Jammers can affect the guidance system of some missiles as well, disabling or at least interfering with them in flight. Sophisticated jammers include sensors to scan the area for signals, match against known patterns, and then calibrate a response, by sending out other signals on the same frequency. ..."

What to know about the Russian device reportedly captured in Ukraine – Center for Public Integrity The Krasukha-4 signal jammer could reveal the secrets of Russian electronic warfare.

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