Ukraine receives “threat emitters” from the USA

The United States has given Ukraine special equipment to confuse Russian aviation.

Aviation Week, citing U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., reports that the Pentagon has sent “threat emitters” to Ukraine.

Threat emitters have the form of special antennas, which with their radiation simulate the operation of radar equipment, in particular, the radar of anti-aircraft missile systems.

Thus, to enemy aircraft and electronic reconnaissance, they look like a real radar.

These emitters are a cheap, innovative way to further complicate the air picture for Russia in the war with Ukraine.

During the monitoring of the territory of Ukraine by means of ground intelligence or aviation, it will be more difficult for the Russians to determine where the real anti-aircraft missile systems and surveillance radars are located, and where the emitters are.

The use of threat emitters should preserve the potential of Ukrainian air defense and ensure its further successful work in destroying Russian aviation means of attack, including combat aircraft and cruise missiles.

The low-cost emitters were built for ranges inside the U.S. but now are in the hands of Ukrainians.

General Brown compared the transfer of threat emitters to the delivery of the AGM-88 HARM high-speed anti-radiation missiles to Ukraine that the Pentagon had announced in August, Aviation Week writes.

Threat emitters in the USA are used to train combat aviation pilots, during exercises they allow to practice detection and identification of radars and conditional air defense systems safely, as well as to develop algorithms for responding to these threats in combat situations.

In simulated training scenarios, pilots learn how the aircraft’s on-board systems will respond to real-world threats and can safely adapt to the variety of air defense systems they may encounter in real combat environments.

Recently, the Pentagon has signed a contract with Raytheon Technologies for the production of NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the amount of more than $1.2 billion.