If the US doesn’t win the electronic warfare fight, the joint force will ‘lose’ and ‘lose very quickly,’ Air Force commander says

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1. Takeaways:

   >Future wars could be decided by electronic warfare like Russia and Ukraine are using right now to interrupt communications, defeat unmanned platforms, and even degrade precision weaponry.

   >One thing the US has observed in Ukraine is the degradation of some of its more advanced, precision-guided weapons systems by Russian jamming.

   >Patt explained that “the peak efficiency of a new weapon system is only about 2 weeks before countermeasures emerge.” That information could prove vital for a future great-power fight against an adversary like China or Russia.

   >Barker said “we’re realizing that we have to build, essentially, an EW arsenal across the landscape to be able to go at these different kinds of threats.”