electronic warfare

n (Military) the military use of electronics to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use and to protect friendly use of electromagnetic radiation equipment

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Any military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy. Also called EW. The three major subdivisions within electronic warfare are: electronic attack, electronic protection, and electronic warfare support. a. electronic attack. That division of electronic warfare involving the use of electromagnetic energy, directed energy, or antiradiation weapons to attack personnel, facilities, or equipment with the intent of degrading, neutralizing, or destroying enemy combat capability and is considered a form of fires. Also called EA. EA includes: 1) actions taken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as jamming and electromagnetic deception, and 2) employment of weapons that use either electromagnetic or directed energy as their primary destructive mechanism (lasers, radio frequency weapons, particle beams). b. electronic protection. That division of electronic warfare involving passive and active means taken to protect personnel, facilities, and equipment from any effects of friendly or enemy employment of electronic warfare that degrade, neutralize, or destroy friendly combat capability. Also called EP. c. electronic warfare support. That division of electronic warfare involving actions tasked by, or under direct control of, an operational commander to search for, intercept, identify, and locate or localize sources of intentional and unintentional radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition, targeting, planning and conduct of future operations. Thus, electronic warfare support provides information required for decisions involving electronic warfare operations and other tactical actions such as threat avoidance, targeting, and homing. Also called ES. Electronic warfare support data can be used to produce signals intelligence, provide targeting for electronic or destructive attack, and produce measurement and signature intelligence. See also directed energy; electromagnetic spectrum.

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electronic warfare - military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrumEWmilitary action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"ECM, electronic countermeasures - electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrumECCM, electronic counter-countermeasures - electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfareelectronic warfare-support measures, ESM - electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognitionelectromagnetic intrusion - the deliberate insertion of electromagnetic energy into transmission paths with the objective of confusing or deceiving operatorsarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

electronic warfare

[i‚lek′trän·ik ′wȯr‚fer] (electronics) Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine, exploit, reduce, or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum, and action which retains friendly use of electromagnetic spectrum.

Electronic Warfare

measures taken to obtain information on the operating parameters and location of enemy electronic equipment (electronic reconnaissance), to impair or disrupt the operation of such equipment (electronic counter-measures), and to protect one’s own equipment from similar reconnaissance and countermeasures on the part of the enemy (electronic counter-countermeasures).

The mission of electronic reconnaissance is to detect enemy electronic equipment by its emission, determine its coordinates, and determine and analyze the characteristics of the signals it emits. This information is used in military intelligence and in the organization of electronic countermeasures.

REFERENCES

Schlesinger, R. Radioelektronnaia voina. Moscow, 1963. (Translated from English.)
Atrazhev, M. P., V. A. Il’in, and N. P. Mar’in. Bor’ba s radioelektronnymi sredstvami. Moscow, 1972.
Palii, A. I. Radioelektronnaia bor’ba. Moscow, 1974.

electronic warfare (EW)

Any military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy. The three major subdivisions within electronic warfare are electronic attack, electronic protection, and electronic warfare support. See also electronic attack.

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noun military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum

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