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Defense Tech: Real Iraq Surge: Electronic Attack?

Via Defense Tech.

"Any U.S. military surge in Iraq will be far more than a troop increase," Aviation Week says, in a fascinating new article. "A key element in the deployment will be an accelerated effort to bring more and newer technologies to bear on the foe, in part by targeting insurgent commanders, often through their communication networks."

A third squadron of Prowler electronic attack planes is being equipped with a new, Northrop system "designed to identify and locate enemy emitters and jam signals that can be used to remotely detonate explosive devices. The U.S. Air Force's EC-130 Compass Call electronic attack aircraft are [also] being used in Iraq to detonate explosive devices along convoy routes."

But perhaps the most intriguing family of systems being "readied for operations" is BAE Systems' Suter network exploitation programs, designed to "break into enemy networks to hear communications, see what enemy sensors are seeing and, in some circumstances, become the systems manager with the ability to manipulate enemy sensors."

posted by Fergie @ 1/15/2007 08:15:00 PM