Joint Army/Air Force Planning and Employment of Electronic Countermeasures.

摘要

This thesis examines existing doctrine and procedures for the planning and employment of electronic countermeasures in support of joint operations in a mid- to high-intensity conflict. Both joint documents and component service documents are reviewed and consolidated into a plain language summary of the current joint planning, request, and employment system for ECM. The thesis then expands on existing doctrine and procedures to illustrate a possible ECM planning methodology, and ends with an evaluation of current doctrine and procedures. Recommendations for possible improvement to organization, training, doctrine and procedures are included for further study. On the basis of the thesis research, the author concludes that current doctrine and procedures are inadequate to provide timely and effective ECM support to joint operations in a mid- to high-intensity conflict. The thesis includes six unclassified appendices (glossary of terms, bibliography, command and control of ECM, EWIOC concept, CEWI group description, and BOLD EAGLE 76 test results); and two classified.