{"id":15770,"date":"2019-10-30T15:50:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T15:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/30\/us-forces-could-learn-from-intense-electronic-war-battle-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:55:34","slug":"us-forces-could-learn-from-intense-electronic-war-battle-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/30\/us-forces-could-learn-from-intense-electronic-war-battle-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"US forces could learn from intense electronic war battle in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/congress\/2019\/09\/25\/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-us-aid-package-to-ukraine-that-trump-delayed\/\" target=_blank>Ukrainian<\/a> forces are under heavy assault by Russian drones and ground systems equipped with jammers and direction finding technology honed to sniff out Ukrainian military positions \u2014 a near-peer battle offering lessons learned for American forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a symposium for the Association of Old Crows \u2014 an electronic warfare nonprofit \u2014 Col. Ivan Pavlenko, deputy chief of combat support units of Joint Staff Armed Forces of Ukraine, told audience members Tuesday that Ukraine had lost nearly 100 drones to Russian electronic attacks on navigation systems through a tactic known as GPS spoofing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has also been \u201creally effective\u201d at finding and jamming Ukrainian counter artillery batteries, Pavlenko said. Russian forces will blind the radar systems and then shell Ukrainian forces, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He described Russian suppression of Ukraine\u2019s trunked Motorola radio communications as \u201chighly active.\u201d Russian forces also managed to infect a radio repeater \u2014 a system that helps boost two-way radio communications longer distances \u2014 with a virus, according to Pavlenko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian forces are also employing drones armed with direction finding technology and receivers to track down and locate Ukrainian forces on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/03\/top-us-military-commander-in-europe-says-more-javelins-will-help-ukraine\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Javelin.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Top US military commander in Europe says more Javelins will help Ukraine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The portable fire-and-forget anti tank missile system has provided a boost to Ukraine\u2019s military capability to combat Russian-backed separatists, but some analyst contend that sophisticated tank buster will do little for a war that has grounded down to entrenched artillery barrages.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia also has the ability to jam smartphones and GSM cellular networks at a depth of 20 miles, Pavlenko detailed. Once in the smartphone, Russia can steal information or locate a position, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian forces are now awash with experience fighting through and exploiting the electromagnetic spectrum. While the U.S. has provided training and equipment to Ukraine, its forces have largely watched the battle from the sidelines taking notes in preparation for a larger conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the past two decades, American troops have been embroiled in low-tech counterinsurgency conflicts where the electromagnetic spectrum has been dominated by the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seamless communications and access to GPS navigation have been the norm for American troops, but the Ukraine battlefield is a testament that American forces can no longer maintain preconceived notions that their forces will control and operate smoothly in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Used to operating from large built-up bases, U.S. forces will now need to learn how to mask and hide both their visible and electromagnetic signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. troops need \u201cbetter \u201chiding\u201d mechanisms \u2014 scrambling, spoofing and otherwise masking their signals and electronic signatures,\u201d said Samuel Bendett, an adviser at the Center for Naval Analyses and a fellow in Russia studies at the American Foreign Policy Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American troops in Syria have already been honing this skill in where some near-peer states continue to vie for control of strategic resources and influence in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re getting exposure to threats from adversaries to potential adversaries around the region that you can\u2019t replicate back in the United States,\u201d Marine Col. George Schreffler III, the former commander of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force \u2013 Crisis Response \u2013 Central Command, previously told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/02\/08\/how-the-syrian-battlefield-is-preparing-the-corps-for-a-fight-with-russia-or-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marine Corps Times<\/a>. \u201cAnd that\u2019s making us more ready.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surveillance drones armed with electronic war capabilities from Russia, Iran and Turkey are flying the skies over Syria scoping enemy positions and collecting valuable intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1006\" height=\"695\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/33_coverjump_collaboration.jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/33_coverjump_collaboration.jpeg.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/33_coverjump_collaboration.jpeg.jpg?resize=300,207 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/33_coverjump_collaboration.jpeg.jpg?resize=768,531 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ukraine&#8217;s military took receipt of Bayraktar TB2 drones and more than 420 additional items of materiel in March 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have to continue to train to minimize our signatures, both from an electromagnetic perspective, and from the physical, visual and audible observation perspective,\u201d Schreffler explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCamouflage and cover and concealment matter, and when any adversary is looking at you with their own small unmanned aerial systems, or their aircraft &#8230; your Marines have to be good at skills Marines always have to be good at,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drones have been vital to both Ukrainian and Russian forces battling over the electromagnetic spectrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bendett says America needs to take stock in this experience and ensure its fleet of drones are hardened against GPS spoofing and electronic attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn fact, Ukrainian drone industry recently announced that some of its UAVs built for the military have better EW protection than previous models,\u201d Bendett said. \u201cFor their part, Russian military is also building drones that can operate in an EMS-challenged environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pavlenko told audience members Tuesday that U.S. sanctions have taken a toll and degraded some of Russia\u2019s electronic warfare capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot sure what is meant by \u201cdegraded\u201d &#8211; If anything Russians learned a lot from Ukrainian experience and their electronic warfare is stronger. 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