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Major Mariano Valencia ( Mexico )

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Major Mariano Valencia (México).
MODERN WARFARE. “To secure peace is to prepare for war” said Carl Von Clausewitz. This means if a nation is well armed, other nations will be wary of attacking it and hence peace will be preserved. Many governments do not like to be engaged in warfare or receive their soldiers in a black bag. Many families would prefer loved ones alive and not dead after a war. Even so, all countries in the world take actions to prepare their military forces to be ready in case they are needed. In recent wars, the use of technology has been one of the most important means to obtain the advantage over the enemy. Therefore, electronic warfare, as part of modern warfare, has become not only a concept but an effective tool to reinforce combatant soldiers on the ground. The control of the electromagnetic spectrum has now a significant role in military forces having an advantage over the enemy. Electronic attack, electronic protection and electronic warfare support are elements of electronic warfare.

An electronic attack is the employment of energy to localize, interfere and destroy enemy assets, Department of the Army (2009). New weapons usually demand the use of a small segment of the electromagnetic spectrum, that is called “the frequency” at which every weapon works. If the frequency of a particular weapon (radar, radios, air defense batteries, etc.) is localized, then that particular weapon can be intercepted and destroyed. The more enemy weapons

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