Chinese scientists assure that the device, which uses a single antenna, will simultaneously suppress electronics in the sky, at sea and on land, and its production is not far off.
Scientists led by Professor Jiang Weixiang from Southeast University in Nanjing have developed a concept for a new type of electronic warfare (EW) weapon. The operating algorithms and manufacturing methods were described in a peer-reviewed article in the journal of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, SCMP reports.
According to the researchers, the weapon can fire multiple focused beams of electromagnetic waves from a single antenna while simultaneously targeting various objects in the sky, sea or land, disrupting their operation. Laboratory tests on the miniature version of the electronic warfare device showed that the device can operate at high power and emit electromagnetic waves in a wide frequency range.
“Even if enemy radars or communications devices use anti-jamming techniques such as frequency hopping, they will not be able to avoid being blocked by new Chinese weapons,” the material says.
In the article, scientists predict that future wars will undergo significant changes, primarily due to “increasing competition in the electromagnetic spectrum.” SCMP emphasizes that in such a war, some countries that do not have advanced electronic warfare systems may lose control of the electromagnetic spectrum even before losing their territory.
Today, militaries typically use multi-purpose digital array technology, in which the signal from antennas is broken into small pieces with limited power and narrow frequency bands to emit electromagnetic waves. This helps counter enemy radars.
However, Jiang’s team claims to have developed a new method for controlling an electronic warfare system that allows a structurally simple antenna array to operate at maximum power and simultaneously jam multiple targets in different directions through complex manipulation of the electromagnetic waves emitted by each. Additionally, the suppression frequency can be adjusted for each target.
At the same time, electronic weapons operating on this principle require advanced processors that can cope with large amounts of data and the complexity of signal processing. Scientists solved this problem by developing an algorithm that significantly reduces the computational load placed on the chips and simplifies the fabrication of the overall device.
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Source: Focus
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