ELECTRONICWARFAREFUNDAMENTALSNOVEMBER2000PREFACE

ElectronicWarfareFundamentalsisastudentsupplementaryt
extandreferencebookthatprovidesthefoundationforunde
rstandingthebasicconceptsunderlyingelectronicwarfare(E
W).Thistextusesapracticalbuilding-
blockapproachtofacilitatestudentcomprehensionoftheess
entialsubjectmatterassociatedwiththecombatapplications
ofEW.Sinceradarandinfrared(IR)weaponssystemspresent
thegreatestthreattoairoperationsontoday'sbattlefield,t
histextemphasizesradarandIRtheoryandcountermeasures
.Althoughcommandandcontrol(C2)systemsplayavitalrol
einmodernwarfare,thesesystemsarenotadirectthreatt
otheaircrewandhencearenotdiscussedinthisbook.This
textdoesaddressthespecifictypesofradarsystemsmost
likelytobeassociatedwithamodernintegratedairdefense
system(lADS).TointroducethereadertoEW,ElectronicWar
fareFundamentalsbeginswithabriefhistoryofradar,anov
erviewofradarcapabilities,andabriefintroductiontothet
hreatsystemsassociatedwithatypicallADS.Thetwosubseq
uentchaptersintroducethetheoryandcharacteristicsofradi
ofrequency(RF)energyasitrelatestoradaroperations.Th
esearefollowedbyradarsignalcharacteristics,radarsystem
components,andradartargetdiscriminationcapabilities.The
bookcontinueswithadiscussionofantennatypesandscan
s,targettracking,andmissileguidancetechniques.Thenext
stepinthebuilding-
blockapproachisadetaileddescriptionofcountermeasuresd
esignedtodefeatradarsystems.Thetextpresentsthetheor
yandemploymentconsiderationsforbothnoiseanddeceptio
njammingtechniquesandtheirimpactonradarsystems.Thi
sisfollowedbyachapterondecoys,bothfordefeatinganI
ADSaswellasforself-
protection.Then,thenextchapterdiscusseschaffcharacterist
ics,employment,andimpactonspecificradarsystems.Thef
ollowingtwochaptersarededicatedtotheIRthreat.Thefirs
tcoversIRtheory,IRtargetdetectionandtracking,andadv
ancedIRmissileflarerejectiontechniques.Thesecondchapt
erpresentsIRcountermeasurestoincludeflareemployment,
maneuvers,andmissilewarningequipment.ElectronicWarfare
FundamentalsthenaddressesanimportantaspectofEW,sp
ecificallyelectronicprotection(EP).Thissectionincludesade
scriptionofthemostcommonradarEPtechniquesdesignedt
ocounternoisejamming,deceptionjamming,andchaffemplo
yment.Thebookconcludeswithanoverviewofthebasicco
mponentsandlimitationsofatypicalradarwarningreceiver
(RWR),currentgeolocationtechniques,anditfinallydiscusses
thebasiccomponentsofaself-
protectionjammingsystem.Inadditiontothetextualmaterial,
thebookalsocontainsadetailedglossaryofEW-
relatedtermsandacronymsforquickreference.Alistofrefe
rencesisprovidedtoacknowledgethesourcematerialusedi
nthepreparationofthistext.Thesesourcesalsoprovidethe
interestedstudentwithasupplementaryreadinglisttolearn
moreaboutaspecifictopic.Forinformationorcommentson
thisdocument,pleasecontact:Det8,ACCTRSS4349Duffer
Drive,Ste437NellisAFBNV89191-7007DSN:682-
4897DSNFAX:682-7391Comm:(702)652-
4897CommFAX:(702)652-7391