Roar in the roaring
infrared decoys is cast the” Growler “
Beginning of Libya
in the United States, Britain, France and other countries co-sponsored attacks on military operations in Libya, yet no one so far Yinlibiya coalition aircraft or air operations, air defense fire was shot down, the results achieved, in large part be attributed to the U.S. Navy in the “Odyssey Dawn” was first put into operation a new electronic warfare aircraft – EA-18G “Growler.” Battle, “Growler” is not only with its electronic jamming equipment carried by the Libyan armed forces to suppress anti-aircraft missiles, also successfully attacked the Libyan tanks.
statement will be under U.S. military Gete Ni, Boeing developed the EA-18G “Growler” electronic warfare capability good strong support of the coalition of Libya’s action. The war proved that the “Growler” is fully capable of replacing the past has been proved by actual Navy EA-6 “Prowler” (Prowler) electronic warfare aircraft. Gete Ni specially added, “wandering in the successful suppression of the Libyan air missile, it also assisted the Libyan government forces attacked coalition ground forces – at that time these forces are attacking the rebel guards to land.”
coalition air strikes to stop the Libyan government troops guard the stronghold of the rebel offensive in Benghazi, French, British and American warplanes have participated in the attack, which also includes U.S. Marine Corps “Harrier” fighters, the U.S. military “Growler” also took part in the action. There is no specific news show “Growler” is really effective in fighting government troops fired anti-aircraft jamming the missiles, but the U.S. military that the theater missile threat made over the grave of the “Growler” appears to become necessary.
Libya, the United States later decided to hand over command of operations to other countries, but promised he would continue to bear the operational support tasks, such as air refueling for coalition offer , special reconnaissance aircraft, transport planes and AWACS aircraft with a “special ability” of the equipment. Gete Ni In particular, such equipment also includes “Growler” electronic warfare and other special aircraft.
This is the U.S. Navy in 2007 Boeing delivered to the “Super Hornet” after “Growler,” the first time in combat operations, it is clear that the operational environment Libya very suitable for “Growler” battlefield debut. U.S. does not meet the “Growler” The current operational effectiveness, is stepping up development of next-generation jammer, this new jammer not only to the past, the other jamming equipment as radar and communications jamming, but also in its direct network plant into the virus, and even make the opponent’s command system completely paralyzed.
Growler’s life experience
first flight of the EA-18G” Growler “
EA-18G “Growler” is the United States in the F/A-18F “Super Hornet” improved on the basis of dedicated electronic warfare aircraft, dedicated to electronic attack mission, her birth date back to 1993. At that time the U.S. Navy began to consider developing a new electronic warfare platform, instead of EA-6B, perform electronic warfare missions, the year began engineering design, development and testing. November 15, 2001, Boeing successfully completed the EA-18G airborne electronic attack concept demonstration. The demonstration used an F/A-18F “Super Hornet” fighters to carry three ALQ-99 jamming pods and two fuel tanks, noise and vibration data were measured and the aircraft’s flying qualities were evaluated. April 5, 2002, Boeing conducted the third successful flight demonstration. The demo also uses an F/A-18F aircraft, the loads are mounted and the first flight demonstrates the same. Compared with the previous two shows, the aircraft fly higher, faster, and all tests have proved that the U.S. Navy EA-18G is in line with the needs of aviation electronic warfare platform.
“Growler” Captain 18.3 meters, 4.9 meters high machine, a wingspan of 13.7 m, empty weight 15,011 kg, 21,772 kg weight recovery, the machine to carry the fuel capacity of 6323 kg, the maximum carrying capacity 4419 kg of external fuel. Equipped with two General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofan engines with a total thrust of 44,000 pounds, the two crew, a pilot and a weapons systems operator. United States Navy’s EA-6B “Prowler” electronic warfare aircraft is aging, through research, the Navy decided to purchase EA-18G “Growler” to replace the former, plans to purchase 114 “Growler.”
about to be” Growler “instead of” Prowler “
EA-18G has a large number of sophisticated electronic sensors and weapons, enough to deal with reality in a variety of threats. “Growler” electronic warfare system, advanced equipment to provide first response to hair type and electronic interference, the system is mainly installed in the built-in gun position (gun had been removed) and two within the wing tip pods. In addition, “Growler” There are nine weapons hardpoints that can mount a variety of weapons, jamming pod, and other types of equipment, able to perform standoff jamming, interference with, real-time combat or combat tasks such as communication.
“Growler,” the mission payload includes AN/ALQ-99 jamming pod and AN/ALQ-218 ESM receiver, and including the Multifunctional Information Distribution system, multi-purpose advanced tactical terminal, satellite communications and advanced network-centric, including data link communication system, so that further strengthen situational awareness, can be associated with other electronic attack aircraft to share data. Which, AN/ALQ-99 tactical jamming pod main task of the implementation of electronic repression, used against the enemy’s guard and ground tracking radar guidance. After the EA-6B aircraft are widely used and many improvements, the current AN/ALQ-99 pod has covered the range 0.064 to 18 GHz, the main object is to interfere with the band in its Russian-made interference with the radar, electromagnetic in intensive multiple threats to interfere with the signal environment signal, power management and interference by the direction of targeting based on significantly shorten the response time. According to operational needs, EA-18G can carry 3 to 5 AN/ALQ-99 pods, each pod can be flexibly configured with different transmitters, the freedom to achieve various kinds of interference band combinations. Each transmitter’s effective radiated power of interference greater than 100 kW, continuous wave power generated by 1 to 2 kilowatts, respectively, to the aircraft to the front and rear radiation, conventional radar jamming, frequency agility radar, continuous wave radar, pulse radar , covert scanning radar and other radar systems.
AN/ALQ-218 (V) 2 receiver installed in a specially designed tip pod. The receiver has a wide band reception capability and equipped with a certain frequency can be detected on the secondary receiver can accurately identify the emission source, with a selective response to interference. ALQ-218 was originally designed to be installed on top of EA-6B’s tail, in order to be able to install it in the EA-18G’s wingtips pod, the “Growler” development team on the ALQ-218 has been re-packaged.
In addition, “Growler” comes with interference cancellation system (INCANS), EA-18G can be cast in AN/ALQ-99 interference with both one’s own forces UHF communications, significantly improve communication and situational awareness. Multi-mission advanced tactical terminal (MATT) is the function of remote sensor information through the satellite receiver and integrated access to broadcast services network (IBS). “Growler,” the communication jamming equipment (CCS) includes a wide receiver and a separate broadband jammer, can provide greater coverage and greater frequency interference power. Than the size of the device of the USQ-113 active-duty U.S. military smaller and more powerful, and can be extended. The launch of its functions can be done with low-band AN/ALQ-99 jamming pod.
“Growler,” the teeth
” Growler “two-plane formation
with the original EA-6B “Prowler” compared to “Growler,” the plug-in point more, from 5 to 11, capable of carrying various types of jamming pod and airborne weapons, to separate out over the theater mission, unlike the vulnerable “Prowler” with other aircraft that need to fly escort. Past “Ranger” can only do subsonic flight, supersonic fighters could not go forward with attacks, and the “Growler” faster than “Prowler” increased nearly doubled, to become a true supersonic attack formations partner.
more unusual is that “Growler” standards based platform, the Navy fighter “Super Hornet”, the 99% of the parts with the latter to achieve universal, which significantly reduces the protection of aircraft maintenance operations more difficult and cost of the transformation of existing demand for the aircraft carrier platform is almost zero. Finally, “Growler” is not worth outrageous, EA-18G program cost about 400 million, while new technologies currently used in the EA-6C pod project cost is also up to 340 billion U.S. dollars, this way, there is no reason not to grant the U.S. military “Growler” more of all ages. “Growler” will undoubtedly become the backbone of the U.S. Navy Air Force electronic attack to October 2010, received a total of 46 U.S. Navy EA-18G.
“Growler” and the formation of the main responsibilities of standoff jamming with the task, the electronic warfare mission systems have an effective stand-off jamming capability, but because of “Super Hornets “contains machine speed and excellent maneuverability,” Growler “is fully capable of interfering with implementation to follow the attack formations. U.S. “Global Strategic Network” March 1 revealed in February this year, the U.S. Navy an EA-18G “Growler” electronic warfare aircraft, combat exercise in the daily “shot down. It is reported that the United States in February this year, Andrew Air Force Base Open Day, the military carefully fan accidentally discovered a EA-18G “Growler” electronic warfare aircraft, the bottom of the victories in the cockpit area is coated with an F-22 “Raptors” fighter’s sign. When asked about this things, the pilot admitted it was a genuine F-22, is in the maneuvers were “Growler” launch of the AIM-120 AMRAAM, “shot down”. But the EA-18G is to launch missiles, and without the interference of the system of its own role, the pilot did not disclose.
F-22′s combat is very tough, in Alaska at the “cutting edge North 2006″ joint exercises in “Raptor” amazing record set over 144:0. and the “Growler” is only the troops in June last year, the new aircraft. F-22 aircraft, while not so with stealth characteristics, but also a way to electronic warfare and air combat one of the cutting-edge conventional fighters, electronic jamming and suppression has “asymmetric advantage”.
set according to the U.S. combat mission, F-22′s mission is “kicking down the doors rivals” in the first round of the raid to suppress each other’s air power to win air supremacy over the battlefield. and the “Growler,” the task of the total gives a “second line” feeling, it is more is to act as a supporting role with security, using its powerful means of electronic interference, paralysis or reduce enemy C4ISR intelligence and command systems, battlefield electromagnetic power grab for the air combat forces to open up protected areas of electromagnetic.
According to the U.S. military scholar Felgenhauer analysis as a contest between the U.S. aircraft,” Growler “shot down” Raptor “no real impact on other countries, but the results have disclosed the information is very important. He pointed out that high-power active jamming pod carrying the “Growler” is likely to advance to the “Raptor” the implementation of the electronic signal “absolute repression,” then this is not weak by its own airborne radar to determine roughly opponent’s position, then “after launching” The AIM-120 missile attacks. As the missile using its own active radar seeker to find targets, and “Raptor” means almost all of the electronic combat against Russian missiles, Therefore, only in “Young fellow,” lack of response before the surgery.
some military experts that the “Growler” kill “Raptor” the fact is or may be subject to all F -22 technical pressure inspiration with a certain country, it is concerned about the stealth fighter technology, should continue to increase electronic warfare technologies. In fact, the U.S. Rand Corporation listed in the “Top Ten Advantages of U.S. Air Force disruptive technology “to include the anti-stealth radar, and electromagnetic pulse bombs, poor performance of these technologies can also have hunting aircraft” Raptor “potential.
actual combat EA-18G can hold up for air and ground electronic umbrella. With the advanced mission systems,” Growler, “the theater quickly existence of radar and communications to locate and analyze the degree of threat, and with attacks formation with other members of the mission planning, decided to suppress the corresponding threats of attack or avoidance method. crewmembers onboard display device through the image of access to objective information on the threat situation of the theater, on-board computer, the information can be screening and screening, analyze data to assist the crew and make a decision. In these information processing based on the “Growler” will take practical action to disrupt the use of electronic attacks on enemy radar jamming pod, so blinding is difficult to find close attacking forces.
“Growler,” the first battle re-confirmed in a modern war, the irrefutable truth that the relationship between military technology and individual technology vulnerability. Although in recent years as the U.S. stealth technology has the advantage of its air force to promote the high ground, but behind the actions of these promote the U.S. military did not relax the relevant advanced electronic technology, especially the development of advanced electronic warfare equipment, battle system electromagnetic capability, the status of the war in the future will be significantly increased, even beyond the individual stealth technology. After all, stealth technology itself is a finite electromagnetic power technology – and its essence is nothing but evasion, deflection of radar detection of the other In this sense, the “Growler” electronic warfare equipment such advanced future, be called great.
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