Exposed: The Reason the U.S. Air Force Needs to Upgrade the F-15 Fast (Think Russia)
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Electronic warfare is a strength for Moscow--and has Washington quite worried.
Kris Osborn [2]
The Pentagon’s soon-to-be published Electronic Warfare strategy calls for increased investment in advanced electronic warfare technology designed to defend U.S. assets and proactively use the electromagnetic spectrum to attack enemies. The Army, Navy and Air Force are working on EW upgrades for the F-15, counter IED EW and the Growler Electronic Attack Aircraft.
The Pentagon’s soon-to-be published Electronic Warfare strategy calls for increased investment in advanced electronic warfare technology designed to defend U.S. assets and proactively use the electromagnetic spectrum to attack enemies.
DOD officials say the new strategy will be signed and distributed in the next two months, with additional annexes expected to be ready by Summer, 2017. The strategy will be an unclassified document to be shared with U.S. military developers and defense industry officials, Pentagon officials said.
Scout Warrior has learned of some key elements featured in the report, such as increasing EW attack technology, advancing new systems and training and equipping EW forces.
Source URL (retrieved on January 19, 2017):
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/exposed-the-reason-the-us-air-force-needs-upgrade-the-f-15-19082
