Ukraine is putting renewed effort into its fight against Russia's electronic warfare, CNN reported.
AdvertisementUkraine is focused on destroying Russia's electronic warfare systems that are increasingly hampering its advanced weaponry, CNN reported.
Electronic warfare systems can seriously hamper advanced weapons, by jamming signals or by confusing a missile as to where it is, causing it to miss its target.
AdvertisementCompared to older weapons systems, modern systems like HIMARS are particularly vulnerable to electronic warfare because they use GPS to hit their targets, CNN noted.
But he warned that Russia was outdoing Ukraine in developing its own electronic warfare systems.
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