Electronic Attack/ EA

Definition

Electronic Attack covers jamming, spoofing, directed-energy, and EM deception used against adversary sensors, communications, and weapons. EA is the offensive subset of EW and is the primary threat that mesh-network design must survive.

Reference attributes

Subset of

Electronic Warfare

Examples

Jamming, spoofing, DEW

Related terms

• Electronic Protection (EP)
  Measures that protect friendly use of the EM spectrum from EA.
• Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO)
  Joint doctrine integrating electronic warfare and spectrum management as a single discipline.