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Japan’s military unveils new EW system

31st August 2018 - 03:44 GMT | by Koji Miyake in Tokyo

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The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) unveiled a prototype of its new Network Electronic Warfare System (NEWS) to the public at the Fuji Firepower event on 26 July.

The NEWS is currently carried aboard a Toyota Type 73 medium truck. Prime contractor for this project is Mitsubishi Electric.

The Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) developed the NEWS from 2010-14, and testing was ongoing from 2012-15.

The system gathers and analyses radio waves, as well as jamming enemy networks. The NEWS covers the VHF, UHF, super high-frequency and extremely high-frequency bands.

This year was the first time that EW using

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Koji Miyake is a Tokyo-based writer.

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