For several decades, we have been achieving excellent results with stand-off jamming, in which (blue force) low-density/high-demand (LD/HD) support jamming aircraft (usually operating in formations of two or more) use high-power electronic attack systems to protect multiple formations of (blue force) attacking aircraft from beyond the lethal range of (red force) radar-controlled weapons. However, next-generation threats feature significantly greater lethal ranges than legacy threat systems, which challenges the ability of support jammers to operate effectively while remaining outside the lethal range of the radar-controlled weapons systems. Because support jamming aircraft typically broadcast their jamming signals into the side lobes of multiple threat radars, these longer jamming distances reduce the support jammers' effectiveness by a significant factor. This means that the jammers must operate closer to the radars (and hence in danger of being destroyed) in order to provide effective jamming.
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