US Army working on new electromagnetic deception tool

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US Army working on new electromagnetic deception tool
Mark Pomerleau
 

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is developing a new tool to gain an advantage in the cat and mouse game that is the electromagnetic spectrum mission.

Currently in the early concepts stage, the Army detailed its idea for the Modular Electromagnetic Spectrum Deception Suite, or MEDS, that will seek to confound the enemy within the invisible yet highly dynamic maneuver space of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Despite the fact forces cannot see it, the spectrum is an extremely important space they must cautiously move through just as a unit would in formation through a valley. U.S. adversaries have proven their ability to locate units based solely on their signature in the electromagnetic spectrum, leading to entire concept and materiel changes for the Army to smaller units and command posts. Deception within the spectrum has become a high priority for the U.S. military.

https://www.c4isrnet.com/electronic-warfare/2020/11/23/us-army-working-on-new-electromagnetic-deception-tool/

[PeteS in CA]

For all the quasi-technoid blah-blah, the import of this seems to be that the US Army will use decoy signals to deceive potential enemies, much as was done in England in 1944 to deceive the Germans about where D-Day would happen.

[Fishrrman]

Take note of the special "deception" provided by the "unmarked" magnet!