Atlas
27th November 2004, 10:10 AM
This thread has to do with a "new" electronics warfare system that's about to be deployed. I didn't know whether to put this in Sci & Tech or Politics (Iraq war.) I liked the weapon's emblem. http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/images/prophet-pm-tsm-symbol.jpg
The name of this weapons system, "Prophet", is at least ironic for use in the Middle East if not totally un-PC.
It's the latest in future tech, "signals intelligence", electronic warfare. New unmanned systems, I think that means arial, will be deployed in Iraq very soon. It sounds like terrific Buck Rogers stuff by the people who brought you smart bombs. Some of it will be very nice but I don't see how effective other aspects might be.
Just before the Iraq war, Russia sent GPS jammers to Saddam. Put these babies on your favorite hideyholes and GPS guided smart bombs will miss - that's the theory anyway. The Prophet system will be able to identify those devices (and many other kinds of devices) and allow battlefield commanders to take them out. They'll also be able to pick up cell phones and that seems like overkill (no pun intended).
The idea is to silence the enemy's use of communication by picking up their signals and blasting them, thereby destroying their command and control coordination. We've been doing some of that. This equipment kicks it up a notch.
I googled "Prophet EW sigint" and found material back to 2000. Land units with antennas 15 feet off the roof of military trucks. Now they've got units inside arial drones. I think they are hurrying it onto the battlefield to gain experience for the next war. What parts work, what parts confuse, that kind of thing. I noticed Australia and France are working on their own version of the land units, Sweden has their own version of an arial system.
If it does work it will reduce the need for more troops - which would be nice. It seems to work with the military's private internet. I wonder if the enemy captured a unit if they could get any use out of it.
Anyway here's the story (http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=942) I read.
The name of this weapons system, "Prophet", is at least ironic for use in the Middle East if not totally un-PC.
It's the latest in future tech, "signals intelligence", electronic warfare. New unmanned systems, I think that means arial, will be deployed in Iraq very soon. It sounds like terrific Buck Rogers stuff by the people who brought you smart bombs. Some of it will be very nice but I don't see how effective other aspects might be.
Just before the Iraq war, Russia sent GPS jammers to Saddam. Put these babies on your favorite hideyholes and GPS guided smart bombs will miss - that's the theory anyway. The Prophet system will be able to identify those devices (and many other kinds of devices) and allow battlefield commanders to take them out. They'll also be able to pick up cell phones and that seems like overkill (no pun intended).
The idea is to silence the enemy's use of communication by picking up their signals and blasting them, thereby destroying their command and control coordination. We've been doing some of that. This equipment kicks it up a notch.
I googled "Prophet EW sigint" and found material back to 2000. Land units with antennas 15 feet off the roof of military trucks. Now they've got units inside arial drones. I think they are hurrying it onto the battlefield to gain experience for the next war. What parts work, what parts confuse, that kind of thing. I noticed Australia and France are working on their own version of the land units, Sweden has their own version of an arial system.
If it does work it will reduce the need for more troops - which would be nice. It seems to work with the military's private internet. I wonder if the enemy captured a unit if they could get any use out of it.
Anyway here's the story (http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=942) I read.