The Proper use of ELINT
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I’m not able to encode the equation that you described. Can you post in an real mathematical form? (equation)
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my statement concerns ECM aircraft like EF111 and EA6B for instance , this statement does not concern ecm Pods like the one on the F16.
The EF111 and EA6B now covers an area of xx NM around them.
the way this is computed is quite tricky.
Imagine an Aircraft which has a nominal detection range of X.
First, the code computes what is the range between this aircraft and the Jamming aircraft, let’s say jamming Range.
if jammingRange > X*2.25
then the radar of the aircraft is not impacted.
if the jammingRange < X*2.25, then the radar range will be reduced by the ratio of its normal range and the jammer’s range to the radar to the power of two
so in short, the closest the aircraft will be to the jamming aircraft, the more “jammed” it will be and if you fly very close from the EF111, you will be detected only at a very close distance.
the Far away you are from the jamming aircraft, the less protected you will be.
Indeed, the jammer will be more efficient on short nominal range radars than long nominal range radars
this is independant from the fact that the jamming aircraft is in your package or not.
so yes now EF11 and EA6B are of a vital importance in campaign
thnx jp for the bless of EW power:)
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my statement concerns ECM aircraft like EF111 and EA6B for instance , this statement does not concern ecm Pods like the one on the F16.
all pods? or just F-16 pod? how about ALQ-99?
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Cool, very cool. What is needed? Jammer variant of Tu-16 or Su-24 on red side.
:bowd: :drink::blowpar::woohoo:
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As of mid-2016, the following link is added for additional cross reference.
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?28303-EWS-ESJ-Package-as-general-support-working
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A little birdy told me that the jamming support only works if the jamming aircraft is the first plane into the radar circle of the threat but wouldn’t work if the protected plane was picked up by the SAM first and the jamming aircraft came second. Is this or was this ever true?
Also “ELINT” confused the heck out of me. Jamming isn’t ELectronic INTelligence. E-8 JSTARS for example is ELINT and I guess E-3 probably does some of that too.
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A little birdy told me that the jamming support only works if the jamming aircraft is the first plane into the radar circle of the threat but wouldn’t work if the protected plane was picked up by the SAM first and the jamming aircraft came second. Is this or was this ever true?
Electrically speaking, yes it can be true if they have the technical know-how. Once you’ve identified some RF emission it’s pretty easy (relative term) to filter out the junk and find that signal again. So if you’ve identified some F-16 flying somewhere and then all of the sudden your spectrum is full of noise, the F-16 can be found again using some of the tools of the trade that are generally very highly classified.
Also “ELINT” confused the heck out of me. Jamming isn’t ELectronic INTelligence. E-8 JSTARS for example is ELINT and I guess E-3 probably does some of that too.
I think E-3’s might do some COMINT/FISINT but that doesn’t fall under ELINT. The world of SIGINT is a very confusing thing where COMINT is a specific branch, ELINT is another branch, FISINT & MASINT are their own branches, etc. etc…
Then they start to overlap and get even more confusing when you throw HUMINT into the mix and have guys on the ground that are doing stuff for the SIGINT branches with handheld devices. And in case that wasn’t confusing enough, then you can get into counter-SIGINT each with their own sub-branches and capabilities.
Plus all of that intel is useless without solid GEOINT/IMINT to get the full picture, no pun intended.
Long story short, it’s easy to see why you, me, or anyone else would be easily confused by it :mrgreen:
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I meant in the game programming like a bug.
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Guys propose the correct term and kindly ask the moderators to change the thread title.
Sent from TapaTalk
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The proper term is broadly Electronic Warfare (EW) or more specifically electronic attack (EA) as I indicated in my original post question–the more recent thread.
BMS calls the jamming mission EWS/ESJ… So I called it that in my thread title. I’m not familiar with those acronyms in real doctrine.