An EC-130H Compass Call receives maintenance at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, August 30, 2017. Russian electronic weapons have been targeting the planes over Syria.
Newsweek: Russia Is Attacking U.S. Forces With Electronic Weapons in Syria Every Day, General Says
American forces in Syria are increasingly facing attacks from Russian and Syrian electronic warfare weapons, as Moscow uses the conflict to test its future arsenal.
General Raymond Thomas, head of the U.S. Special Operations Command, said that Syria has become “the most aggressive electronic warfare environment on the planet,” Breakingdefense.com reported.
Speaking at a geospatial intelligence conference in Florida, Gen. Thomas said that Russian and Syrian regime forces “are testing us everyday, knocking our communications down, disabling our [EC-130 aircraft].”
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Update #1: Russia Widens EW War, ‘Disabling’ EC-130s In Syria (Breaking Defense)
Update #2: Why Syria may be the most aggressive electronic warfare environment on Earth (C4ISRNet)
Update #3: Russia’s Evolving Electronic Warfare Capability: Unlocking Asymmetric Potential (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
WNU Editor: Syria is a warzone .... this type of warfare should not surprise anyone as the Warzone/The Drive accurately explains .... The Russians Are Jamming US Drones in Syria Because They Have Every Reason To Be (Warzone/The Drive).
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