Fighting in the electromagnetic spectrum : U.S. Navy and Marine Corps electronic warfare aircraft, missions, and equipment / Thomas Wildenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wildenberg, Thomas, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic warfare aircraft--United States.

Electronic warfare aircraft.

Electronics in naval aviation.

United States. Navy--Aviation--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, [2023]

Summary:

"At the beginning of the 20th Century, naval warfare, which for centuries had been limited to the surface, moved quickly into the domain below the surface and the air above. The influence of undersea and aerial warfare in naval history is well known. The fourth domain involving the electromagnetic spectrum, which also appeared at this time, also had an impact on naval warfare, though much less has been written about this important aspect of military conflict on the high seas. When navies began to make use of the airways, they soon discovered that it could also be used as a unique source of information about the opposing force, instituting a form of intelligence that would later be termed Electronic Intelligence. Also discovered was the value of interrupting or corrupting the enemy's communication signals that were transmitted in the ether, thus beginning a method of fighting we now term Electronic Warfare"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Radio intelligence : the earliest form of electronic warfare

World War II ELINT : new missions for the patrol squadrons

Non-passive ECM : jammers and chaff in World War II

Cold War ELINT

ECM during the Korean War

Dedicated ECM squadrons

Beggar shadow missions and the loss of deep sea 129

Self-defense

F3D-2Q and Marine leadership in tactical jamming

New EW platforms : EA-6A intruder and RA-5C vigilante

Vietnam : countering the SA-2

Countermeasure vs. countermeasure

EA-6B : an EW platform from the ground up

Prowlers at war

ARIES aircarft

ES-3A shadow

Birth of the EA-18G growler and the next-generation jammer

Looking back : a historical perspective.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-68247-850-5

OCLC:

1390562241