Consciousness and Resilience in the Exploitation of the Electromagnetic Environment for Future Multi-Domain Operations: The Crucial Role of Electronic Warfare

摘要

While wars between nations have significantly diminished within the 20th and 21st centuries, a new era of global power dynamics and tensions is increasing the possibility of interstate confrontations in the future. Worldwide competition among state actors in different fields is a condition that may affect the global order and involve NATO and national military instruments. In this fluid and unsettled context, all military organizations in the world rely on the vital relevance of command and communications and the ability to share real- and near-real-time information, that have their fundamental pillar in the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS). As a consequence, all military organizations are very concerned about the control of the EMS. In this regard, Electronic Warfare (EW) represents "military action involving the use of electromagnetic and direct energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy."