DOD too slow in fielding EW capabilities, prominent congressman says
MARK POMERLEAU
JULY 18, 2023
The military is too slow to field critical electronic warfare capabilities, according to a prominent member of Congress.
“I’m seeing a lot of talk, a lot of thinking going on behind closed doors. I don’t see the output, the actual combat capability output that we need in EW. We’re not there yet,” Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a retired electronic warfare one-star general with the Air Force, said Tuesday during an event hosted by the Hudson Institute. “A lot of planning, not a lot of output. We’re just too slow.”
At the end of the Cold War, the DOD largely divested much of its high-end electronic warfare capabilities.
The Department of Defense has made a lot of progress within the last few years rebuilding its prowess within the spectrum.
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