EW Europe 2018: New threat radars present intel challenges

5th June 2018 - 14:15 GMT | by Grant Turnbull in Lausanne

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Digital radar systems that use new frequency bands and have multifunction capabilities are making it increasingly difficult for electronic intelligence (ELINT) analysts to identify emitters and could soon make current jamming techniques obsolete.

The secretive ELINT world is often a game of cat and mouse between those that want to identify and disrupt emitters through anti-radiation weapons or electronic countermeasures, and the radar operators that want to detect enemy aircraft and neutralise them with anti-aircraft weapons.

As countries such as Russia and China build up their electronic warfare capabilities they are developing highly-complex radar systems that can not only detect

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