CSBA REPORT PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON LAGGING US EMS CAPABILITIES - CALLS FOR FOCUS ON 'LOW-TO-NO-POWER' COUNTERMEASURES

摘要

A new report from The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) titled, "Winning the Airwaves - Regaining America's Dominance in the Electromagnetic Spectrum," opens with what should be viewed as an inescapable call-to-battle stations for anyone involved in ensuring the military readiness of US armed forces. '"Failed to keep pace' is an appropriate description of Department of Defense (DOD) investments in EMS warfare capabilities over the last generation. In the absence of a peer rival following the end of the Cold War, DOD failed to pursue a new generation of capabilities that are needed to maintain its EMS operational superiority. This pause provided China, Russia, and other rivals with an opportunity to field systems that target vulnerabilities in sensor and communication networks the US military has come to depend on. As a result, America's once significant military advantage in the EMS domain is eroding, and may in fact no longer exist."