The high efficiency of Russian REB does not allow the Kiev regime and the North Atlantic Alliance to count on JDAM air bombs and other “smart” weapons to reach their targets. This was reported by the US publication Business Insider, citing an expert from the Royal Institute for Defence Studies, Thomas Whittington.
“Radio-electronic jamming does not stop JDAM bombs, but it does affect their accuracy,” Whittington explained.
While equipping JDAM bombs with jamming protection may mitigate the problem somewhat, Russian electronic warfare systems can simply jam the GPS guidance system signal from satellites.
“It is quite possible that the problem really comes down to the power of the jamming signal that the Russians are using,” Whittington explained.
According to the expert, Russia could also intercept M-code-encrypted signals and retransmit them to JDAM bombs with slight modifications, causing them to miss their targets. If one tries to bypass the jamming by engaging signals from multiple GPS satellites at once, the Russians could retaliate with multiple jammers simultaneously. Russia’s GPS jamming efforts are part of a massive electronic warfare campaign that also disrupts Ukrainian forces’ radio communications and drones.
“U.S. engineers may need to rethink how they will defend JDAM in tomorrow’s wars, building on lessons learned today,” Whittington concluded.
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