{"id":411546,"date":"2022-03-03T03:40:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T00:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/us-can-use-electronic-warfare-to-aid-ukraine-against-russia\/"},"modified":"2022-03-03T03:40:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T00:40:38","slug":"us-can-use-electronic-warfare-to-aid-ukraine-against-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-can-use-electronic-warfare-to-aid-ukraine-against-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"#US can use electronic warfare to aid Ukraine against Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#US can use electronic warfare to aid Ukraine against Russia<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The United States and its allies are belatedly ramping up their weapons aid to Ukraine as invading Russian forces bog down against surprising resistance and winter mud. Russian <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-europe-nato-2d6348ea2fd973fa0c01e24acdff2908\">air superiority<\/a> could stop these arms and ammunition shipments any day now, but the US military could do more to help Ukrainian troops without unduly escalating the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Political leaders and analysts have been proposing operations like no-fly zones or strikes against Russian armored columns to help Ukrainian forces stop Russia\u2019s advance. While rhetorically satisfying, these operations could provide President Vladimir Putin exactly the excuse he needs for Russia\u2019s lackluster performance thus far and help him establish a narrative of America as the aggressor that would prop up support at home. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, the US military should get involved in the conflict in ways that are reversible, deniable or peripheral. Electronic warfare was one of the US military\u2019s asymmetric advantages in the Cold War and could slow or confuse Russian forces using reversible effects and without causing direct casualties. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ukraine.WarMap-March2-V2-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Ukraine War Map\" class=\"wp-image-21395301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ukraine.WarMap-March2-V2-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ukraine.WarMap-March2-V2-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ukraine.WarMap-March2-V2-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Map of Russian attacks on Ukraine as of Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-444.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Ukraine war\" class=\"wp-image-21395799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-444.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-444.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-444.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine could hand Russian President Vladimir Putin the ability to paint the US as the aggressor.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EMMANUEL DUPARCQ\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>US Army MQ-1\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/show-reporter\/ausa\/2020\/10\/14\/us-army-tests-jamming-pod-on-gray-eagle-drone\/\">Gray Eagle<\/a>\u00a0UAVs and Air Force or Marine Corps MQ-9 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2021\/10\/from-lease-to-own-marines-get-two-mq-9-reapers-of-their-own\/\">Reapers<\/a> could fly from Romania or Poland into Ukrainian airspace to disrupt Russian communications using jammers, such as the Marine Corps\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leonardodrs.com\/sitrep\/q2-2016-ensuring-airborne-intelligence-and-awareness\/a-small-but-vital-component-for-jamming-communications\/\">Intrepid Tiger<\/a>\u00a0electronic attack pods. These systems could also be employed against Russian naval forces on the Black Sea to degrade their ability to coordinate amphibious operations along the Ukrainian coast west of Crimea.<\/p>\n<p>The most intense form of electronic attack is high-power microwave, which damages electronics such as navigation systems, radios and sensors. Russian columns <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaching Ukrainian cities could be attacked by high-power microwave, leaving vehicles stranded and vulnerable to Ukrainian ambushes. <\/p>\n<p>The United States should send UAVs like the MQ-9 Reaper or expendable target drones such as the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afrl.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/2561387\/afrl-successfully-completes-xq-58a-valkyrie-flight-and-payload-release-test\/\">RQ-58 Valkyrie<\/a>\u00a0into Ukrainian airspace carrying high-power microwave payloads like that on the Air Force\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryaerospace.com\/rf-analog\/article\/14033453\/air-force-deploys-b52-missiles-that-could-disable-enemy-military-electronics-with-highpower-microwaves\">CHAMP<\/a>\u00a0missile to attack Russian electronic systems.\u00a0Because microwave attacks do not leave visible damage, they could be denied \u2014 but Russian military leaders would understand what happened.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p><strong>Get the latest<\/strong> <strong>updates<\/strong> <strong>in the Russia-Ukraine conflict with The Post\u2019s live coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Like electronic warfare, cyber operations such as denial-of-service attacks can create temporary disruptions. Like high-power microwave, cyber can also create permanent damage. The United States and Russia have refrained from cyberattacks on civilian targets, but they could be employed more aggressively against Russian military forces. <\/p>\n<p>Russian logistics are already not keeping up with its maneuver units, slowing the Russian advance. The United States should further degrade Russian troops\u2019 support by disrupting the computer networks used to manage supply inventories and movements from depots. These networks are unlikely to be as well-protected as Russian operational networks, and hitting them would not be as escalatory as attacking Russian command and control directly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Peripheral operations could help Ukrainian forces by constraining Russian options and dissuading expansion of the fight. Before the invasion, US Navy ships\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/nato-leaves-black-sea-exposed-russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24\/\">exited<\/a>\u00a0the Black Sea, and now Russian warships have established maritime superiority along the coast of Ukraine. However, NATO allies Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria also border the Black Sea; the US should step up its posture there as it did in Poland and the Baltics to the north.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-441.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Gray Eagle\" class=\"wp-image-21395724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-441.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-441.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-441.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>US Army MQ-1 Gray Eagle UAVs could fly from Romania to Poland to disrupt Russian communications. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">United States Army Acquisition<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-443.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Ferry in Istanbul, Turkey\" class=\"wp-image-21395765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-443.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-443.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-443.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Turkey cut off access to the Black Sea.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Altan Gocher\/GocherImagery \/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a>Punch<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Turkey <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/turkey-urges-respect-black-sea-straits-pact-after-closing-access-2022-03-01\/\">cut off<\/a> access to the Black Sea this week, but when access is restored the US Navy should return to protect NATO allies and freedom of navigation in the Black Sea\u2019s international waters. In the meantime, US Navy ships should back up Turkey in preventing Russian ships\u2019 passage into the Black Sea and support the navies of NATO allies using US P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and MQ-4C Triton UAVs operating from Romania or Bulgaria.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The United States has an opportunity to help Ukrainian freedom fighters build on their early success and, let\u2019s hope, end the Russian invasion. More important, if the US military does not show resolve and persistently engage the Russian military at low levels of escalation like these, it may lose credibility as a defender of other US allies or partners. Taiwan and Japan, for example, already face gray-zone aggression from China, which could escalate if Beijing is encouraged by Russia\u2019s experience in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>US Cyber Command is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/2840284\/persistent-engagement-strategy-paying-dividends-cybercom-general-says\/\">finding success<\/a> in its confrontations with bad actors on the Internet using the persistent-engagement approach. The United States should apply it more broadly to discourage adversaries such as Russia and China.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-439.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Valkyrie Drone\" class=\"wp-image-21395823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-439.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-439.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-439.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The US could send the Valkyrie Drone into Ukrainian airspace with microwave weapons that would disrupt Russian electronics systems. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Air Force Research Laboratory<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Bryan Clark is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and director of the Hudson Center for Defense Concepts and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a>.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Russian air superiority could stop these arms and ammunition shipments any day now, but the US military could&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":411547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/electronic-warfare-index.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[126314,4973,120876,4975,70868,126128,73234,100713],"class_list":["post-411546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-3-2-22","tag-china","tag-cyber","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-ukraine-war","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-volodymyr-zelensky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}