I'll be jammed: electronic warfare in Ukraine

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  The Economist.

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  First up, though.

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  Everyone understands by now that drones are absolutely vital for a whole range of things on the modern battlefield.

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  What they might not understand as well is just how fundamental the contest for the electromagnetic spectrum is to make that happen.

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  And that's basically what we call electronic warfare.

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  Shashank Joshi is our Defence Editor.

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  Electronic Warfare is about making sure that you can send radio waves to send messages,

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  control drones, but also that you can deny your opponent the use of the same thing,

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  jam their GPS signals, block their pilot communication links to a drone,

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  and that Contest for the electromagnetic spectrum can be hugely consequential.

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