Electronic Weapons: American Electronic Warfare Failure
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May 19, 2026: The American army fails when it comes to ELINT/Electronic Intelligence. This is a self-imposed form of ineptitude that will result in American defeats when it comes to drone use in wartime. This has been obvious since the American forces abandoned the use of jamming equipment after the Cold War ended in 1991. American military leaders eliminated EW units and EWOs/ELectronic Warfare Officers attached to combat divisions, declaring that Air Force and Navy EW aircraft could substitute for the missing army EW units. All this made American ground combat units extremely vulnerable.
Efforts to develop drone interceptors were abandoned because the American legislature refused to fund these efforts. At the same time successful Ukrainian use of drone interceptors against Russian attacks succeeded. This was because Ukraine employed a mixture of jammers, ELINT, FPV/First Person View and continuous assembly of new drones and associated equipment.
The Ukrainians encouraged Americans to create EW units and train with them, while also integrating EW with division and brigade size units that could provide counter-drone expertise using trained drone and EW operators. That still hasn’t happened.
https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htecm/articles/2026051952322.aspx#gsc.tab=0
