EWS/ESJ Package as general support - working?
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Regarding specifically BMS, I can’t find much that describes how the EWS/ESJ jamming works in support of other air operations.
A quick google search reveals the following link:
http://www.turkishairforce.org/ecmpaket-t12104.0.html;wap2However, it reports something strange regarding the BMS rules:
2.) The ECM-Flight must be in the SAME PACKAGE as the flight they have to protect
Is that true? … or more specifically, can a single EWS/ESJ package alone support other packages operating around its approximate 30 mile jam effect range?
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Regarding specifically BMS, I can’t find much that describes how the EWS/ESJ jamming works in support of other air operations.
A quick google search reveals the following link:
http://www.turkishairforce.org/ecmpaket-t12104.0.html;wap2However, it reports something strange regarding the BMS rules:
Is that true? … or more specifically, can a single EWS/ESJ package alone support other packages operating around its approximate 30 mile jam effect range?
Yes it can but you must protect it from A/A threats IIRC.
30 or 60miles?
if the radius is 30 then it can give cover of 60 miles. 30 from 30 back. -
The formula for effective jamming range used to depend on (1) nominal unjamed range of radar (2) the slant range between jam acft and radar as well as (3) the slant range between radar and tgt.
AltHough I don’t know whether BMS changed the parameters, the dependence seems to be still the same. -
I understood the effective jam range (radius from aircraft pos) to be approximately 30 miles.
While I did consider line of sight (LoS), I had not thought much of the jammer aircraft’s altitude beyond LoS.
In what way does the degree of slope/slant between the radar and the jammer change effectiveness?
I suppose I should also ask if multiple ESW pods on the ship has some type of effect of the mission as well.
Thanks ahead of time for any added insight.
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Sorry m8 can’t actually recall it. If it’s not in my hotlist search for posts from Mav-jp he was the one that knows and cleared how it works. I’ll search also and report back but don’t think it will be soon.
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I know the following video doesn’t provide a definitive answer but it might help. Video by Krause on adding an EWS/ESJ asset to a strike package:
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The formula for effective jamming range used to depend on (1) nominal unjamed range of radar (2) the slant range between jam acft and radar as well as (3) the slant range between radar and tgt.
AltHough I don’t know whether BMS changed the parameters, the dependence seems to be still the same.It is explained in RP5 manual and still seems to me true the forumla.
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Appreciate the find.
As an aside, for future users’ ref to this thread, ELINT refers to electronic intelligence (non-communications SIGINT). It’s not electronic warfare, but certainly used to support EW ops with targeting data. Jamming falls into the EW realm of electronic attack.