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Title: Electronic Warfare Spending on the Rise
Post by: rangerrebew on July 25, 2019, 10:21:47 am
Electronic Warfare Spending on the Rise
7/23/2019
By Jon Harper

The Defense Department plans to boost investment in electronic warfare capabilities as it gears up for great power competition.

Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told National Defense that EW is the No. 1 functional area where investments need to be made in the coming years.

“Being in a position to achieve superiority in the electromagnetic spectrum is absolutely critical,” he said.

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2019/7/23/electronic-warfare-spending-on-the-rise (https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2019/7/23/electronic-warfare-spending-on-the-rise)