The Russians use the "Pole-21" system, which can "jam" the territory within a radius of 150 km. At the same time, the Financial Times notes that the Ukrainian air defense system "Pokrova" could withstand UAVs.
Russian EW units learned to derail HIMARS missiles and high-precision Excalibur projectiles
Russian electronic warfare forces have learned to deflect HIMARS surface-to-air missiles, and Excalibur high-precision guided active-reactive projectiles. This is stated in the Financial Times article.
It is noted that the Russian Federation has gained a significant advantage over Ukraine in EW systems.
The occupiers are using the advanced Russian "Pole-21" system, which can "jam" the territory within a radius of 150 km, and the "Murmansk" mobile systems. Russia is increasingly using its EW to knock off the course of high-precision Western munitions.
Moscow also used EW to simulate missile launches to confuse Ukraine's air defense systems and determine their location, the head of the EW and cyber security department of the General Staff of Ukraine, Colonel Ivan Pavlenko, said.
Supplying Ukraine with a sufficient number of powerful GNSS jammers or at least signal amplifiers could also help counter enemy air attacks, Pavlenko noted.
Sanctions against Russian electronic communications systems
According to the colonel, because Russian EW systems require high-tech components, such as amplifiers, synthesisers and software, it was important for the West to impose sanctions on these elements.
At the same time, Russia is "increasingly deploying EW" to derail the high-precision munitions the West provides Ukraine, such as HIMARS rockets and Excalibur artillery shells.
Without EW protection, Ukrainian troops become easy prey for UAV-coordinated Russian artillery strikes, kamikaze drone attacks, and drone bomb droppings.
