Questions about the Growler (EA-18G)

The EF-111 jamming gear was operated by one guy in the right seat.

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Les
F-4C(WW),D,E,G(WW)/AC-130A/MC-130E EWO (ret)


"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Henry J. Cobb) wrote:


http://www.newsday.com/business/prin...eb14,0,4952103
.story?coll=ny-business-print
The Navy's current fleet of EA-6B Prowlers jam enemy radar by
transmitting electronic signals over broad frequency ranges to "blind"
hostile radars. The ICAP-III, in comparison, uses software to rapidly
focus its jamming energy on any frequency band being used by an enemy
surface-to-air missile system.

Can the one guy in the back seat handle all of this, even with the
fancy software?

If it weren't for "fancy software," nobody could have even operated
"old" jamming tech. Pretty much everything since 1970 has relied on
computing power to handle the actual work when it comes to ECM, and the
operator does larger-scale management. Modern systems have to handle
dozens of threats within a few seconds, and there's just no way in hell
someone could do that manually.

When it comes to ECM, it's computer versus computer. Hell, automatic
chaff and flare dispensing has been available for a long time...

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