Joint Electronic Advanced Technology
Abstract
(U) In Overseas Contingency Operations, the United States (U.S.) must be ready to meet the widespread and growing threat of Man Portable Air Defense Systems (ManPADS) and other portable small weapons improvised from commercially available electronic sensors, computer modules, navigation and control components coupled with widely proliferated explosives, mortars, rockets and small manned or unmanned aircraft. Such devices provide terrorists and foreign military units the novel means to rapidly construct a wide range of weapons capable of disruptive actions against civilian and military forces alike. The U.S. must be ready to counter such weapons on short notice. (U) The asymmetric nature of such devices is already well understood by terrorists. Improvised explosive devices are in widespread use. ManPADS and mortars have been used to attack both air and ground forces, and pose a threat to any region due to their portability. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) capable of short range operations involving chemical, biological or explosive payloads can be found routinely available through commercial purchase and are easily adaptable to conduct precision attacks for terror purposes using commercial radio control systems. Civil navigation and autopilot devices capable of precisely controlling UAVs can be held in the palm of the hand. Digital processors, analog-to-digital converters and digital optical sensors give terrorists the means to deploy unexpected threats on short notice. Conventional kinetic defenses against these devices can be impractical in urban settings. Because the speed of appearance of these disruptive devices can be short, such threats are asymmetric in comparison with the typical long development cycles associated with U.S. military defensive systems. Together these asymmetries highlight the need to rapidly evolve alternative Electronic Warfare, Information Operations and Counter Terrorism capabilities suitable for neutralizing such threats. This program element investigates novel means to detect and neutralize these asymmetric threats, as well as special mission and other methods to employ asymmetric principles against our adversaries.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 0603618D8Z_3_0400_PB_2011
- Change Summary Explanation
- FY 2010 Program/budget decisions
- Service Agency Name
- Office of Secretary Of Defense
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