空中作战中对电子攻击的持久需求[20140110].pdf

P O L I C Y B R I E FThe Enduring Need for Electronic Attack in Air OperationsJ A N U A R Y 2 0 1 4By M.Thomas Davis,David Barno and Nora BensahelHow will the U.S.military penetrate heavily defended airspace in future military operations?Declining defense budgets combined with advances by emerging threats that diminish the effectiveness of stealth technology are putting at risk current plans by the Department of Defense(DOD)to field large numbers of“fifth-generation”fighters.As a result,DOD will be faced with tough tradeoffs to determine the best mix of stealth,electronic attack and other means necessary to defeat the increasingly capable air defense systems that are proliferating throughout the world.Some potential U.S.adversaries are fielding highly capable Integrated Air Defense Systems(IADS)built around modern,indigenously produced fighter aircraft;advanced,multi-frequency radar for target acquisition and fire control;and highly accurate surface-to-air missiles(SAMs)with increasingly long reach.In particular,“double-digit”SAMs have developed so rapidly that they have eroded some of the advantages of the stealth aircraft designed and fielded to defeat earlier IADS.In essence,th