SOCOM boss: Adversaries are disabling Air Force gunships in Syria

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SOCOM boss: Adversaries are disabling Air Force gunships in Syria
By: Stephen Losey   
 

Adversaries in Syria are attempting to use aggressive electronic warfare capabilities to disable AC-130 gunships, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command said at a conference last week.

Army Gen. Tony Thomas, commander of SOCOM, said at the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s GEOINT 2018 Symposium that the military is being tested daily by adversaries trying to use electronic warfare, or EW.

“Right now in Syria, we’re in the most aggressive EW environment on the planet, from our adversaries,” Thomas said, according to a video posted online. “They’re testing us every day, knocking our communications down, disabling our AC-130s, et cetera.”

https://www.airforcetimes.com/flashpoints/2018/04/27/socom-boss-adversaries-are-disabling-air-force-gunships-in-syria/

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Adversaries in Syria are attempting to use aggressive electronic warfare capabilities to disable AC-130 gunships, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command said at a conference last week.

Adversary is PC way of saying Russia.  Syrian idea of communication technology is still mostly 2 Dixie cups, 2 buttons, and 1 string.