All that EW Platform is nearly useless, when all communication is using a satellite and its secured private network. new generation of encrypted layered warfare is to hack/penetrated. pakistan still needs to work on cyber warfare .No frequency tuning to listen to comms.
Well i doubt EW platforms are "nearly useless" as you put it or else we wouldn't see all those countries like U.S. Russia, China and others spending top resources on developing new EW platforms now would we?
Secured private network/encryption, that's to do with hacking, a totally different thing altogether, i wasn't talking about that.
I was talking about Electronic warfare, not cyber warfare. Definition on the Wikipedia article:
Electronic warfare (
EW) is any action involving the use of the
electromagnetic spectrum or
directed energy to control the spectrum, attack of an enemy, or impede enemy assaults via the spectrum. The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponent the advantage of, and ensure friendly unimpeded access to, the EM spectrum. EW can be applied from air, sea, land, and space by manned and unmanned systems, and can target humans, communications,
radar, or other assets.
For example, searching EW platform, the second link is an article about Russian 'krasukha' EW system produced by KRET corporation, it describes 3 such systems:
krasukha: The Krasukha's primary targets are airborne radio-electronics (such as
UAVs) and airborne systems
guided by radar
Krasukha-2: The Krasukha-2 is intended to
jam AWACS at ranges of up to 250 kilometres (160 mi).
[3][4] The Krasukha-2 is also able to jam other airborne radars, such as radar guided missiles
Krasukha-4: Like the Krasukha-2, the Krasukha-4 counters AWACS and other airborne radar systems. The Krasukha-4 has the range for effectively disrupting
low Earth orbit (LEO)
satellites and can cause permanent damage to targeted radio-electronic devices.
[2][5] Ground based radars are also a viable target for the Krasukha-4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasukha_EW_System
It seems all the major military powers take EW warfare quite seriously.