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June 8, 2023       Share:    

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-745426

IDF Expands Its Electronic Warfare Capabilities

(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - In a recent operation, the IDF's adversaries were about to aim and fire a precise weapon at IDF forces in the field when suddenly the IDF could hear the enemy asking, "Why aren't we shooting?" The IDF's electromagnetic spectrum warfare center had disabled the enemy forces' ability to function. The unit carries out a variety of activities that include direct jamming and confounding an enemy's communications. A senior IDF official from the unit said, "The purpose of the unit is to enable total control over the electromagnetic spectrum, which allows much freer action by the IDF's various forces in the field....Now when the air force attacks, it can be assumed that the electromagnetic warriors are involved in some way, the same with the navy and the same on land with operations by tanks and armored personnel vehicles." The unit's capabilities were used during the May 2021 conflict in Gaza. In a variety of situations, Hamas or Islamic Jihad operatives in the field unexplainably lost touch with their commanders.

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