Like farting in a crowded cafeteria, my signal confuses the olfactory sensors of surrounding enemies, disrupting their mealtime operations.

A military tech channel, well narrated and without a robot voice. Mostly unbias, with technical and educated explanations and analysis. Thank you good Sir! You are hearby the first channel of youre type to have earned my sub.

☼ You missed EDM: "Electronic Dance Music". Used to disperse enemies via LRADs, or compel enemies to gather together in "raves".

I usually jam radars with raspberry

Back from 1971-75, I was in a Navy aviation squadron VAQ-33; an ECM mission squadron. Four of our planes. the ERA-3B Skywarrior, along with all kinds of ECM gear on-board, also had chaff dispensers in the tail. What the narrator of this video failed to mention was that the chaff was cut to specific lengths for specific wave-length purposes...in other words..being able to jam different types of radar signals depending upon certain wave-lengths that were being used. And what a mess that chaff could make if some got spilled...tens of thousands of little strips of foil blowing all over the ramp and inside the hangar...what fun..!!

What about ECCCCCCCM?

Very well done! Great video and love the channel!!!!

One of the best EW overviews I've ever seen and I was an EW in the U.S. Navy... Here are a couple of hints for clarification: 1. ESM is the baseline for all ECM systems & capabilities. It really should have been the 1st chapter in sequence for this video, as it lays the ground-work for ECM. Without the ESM receivers being closely coupled the ECM "jammers" would not be able to select the correct frequency, or timing alignment to jam effectively; this also allows the jammer to properly track any changes in frequency, PRF or PW (in case the radar is shifting any of those parameters). The mother of all of these combined system components is the "Digital Radio Frequency Memory Unit" (DRFMU) 2. ELINT (ELectronic INTelligence) is a subset of ESM, in that it is the use of specialized ESM receivers to capture and record "radar" signals for use to analyze the radar's operating parameters and its different modes of operation (i.e. a radar will have different operating parameters based on whether it is in search, track, or targeting mode), this is by definition "intelligence gathering equipment". Typically, tactical ESM systems like the shipboard AN/SLQ-32 or the regular "Radar Warning Receivers" found on 4th Gen aircraft, don't have the capability to record signals and are not suitable for ELINT, but their threat libraries (built in lists of threat radar parameters, and specific jamming techniques to be used on each type of radar) are derived from ELINT sources. 3. Chaff has two primary and distinct uses: a) Denial of targeting information, where the chaff is deployed to confuse the radar operator as to which is the real target. b) Transfer Lock, wherein a radar guided weapon has already locked onto the target, then the chaff is deployed to try and seduce (i.e transfer the guidance lock on) the weapon toward to the chaff. In anti-ship missile defense this is done by creating the chaff cloud ahead of the ship & then driving through it while simultaneously turning and/or jamming... It is widely believed that: In the Falklands conflict an Argentine aircraft launched Exocet missiles at the HMS Hermes (may have been the Invincible...), the Hermes' EWs properly launch chaff and successfully executed a "Transfer Lock" and the Exocets flew straight through the chaff. After passing through the chaff the Exocets went into re-acquisition mode acquired a new target and sunk the Atlantic Conveyor... 4. The active decoy list should include the Nulka system... 5. ECM is the old name and use to be comprised of 2 distinctive sub-categories: DECM and JECM techniques, wherein the D stood for Deceptive (creates false target(s) in angle and/or range) and the J for Jamming (creates lots of noise, similar to shining a flashlight into your eyes so you can't see anything). Nowadays it has been renamed EA for Electronic Attack, this is largely due to the notion that modern radar jamming comprises a combination of multiple jamming & deception techniques either simultaneously or in sequence... For instance a simplified sequence might be comprised of the following: a) Unsynchronous Random Noise: very high strength "jamming" noise causes the radar receiver to reduce its gain (AKA capture AGC), thus making the real return radar signal is too weak to process. b) Pulse Amplitude Modulation: send the radar energy back with preprogrammed pulse signal strength variation (this is a type of technique described in the video that cause the radar to see targets at wrong angles) c) sorry I can't really comment on Range Gate Pull-Off, but as the name implies it has something to do with causing range errors... Note) A clear distinction should be made here about the 'capture AGC' effect! If this works properly, whereby the victim radar has reduced its receiver gain (turned down the volume) then you've achieved 2 important advantages: 1st of all the real radar return from the target is now at such a low volume in the radar (then think if the target is stealthy just how low the real signal must be!!!) that it is "in the noise floor" (AKA in the grass) and only the false targets your jammer sends will ever be processed until "burn-through", 2nd effect is ...wait for it.... by making the radar reduce its receiver gain you have also reduced the 'burn through' range and now you can approach even closer before burn through occurs!

The sweeps, the creeps and the bleeps.

Bob Marley knew a lot about Jamming, he even made a song about it.

What a fascinating, well done video. Thank you.

9:50 Yes Niklas Madaro, President of Venezueilia

You covered a massive subject in 18 mins, with lots of good visuals, and highlighting the pertinent points - great intro.

I love Covert Cabal

In the mid 80's I was an electronics tech in the Navy. One thing I learned was that for EVERY electronic measure there is another counter measure. The amount of different ways of doing this is astounding, from simple chaff as illustrated here to frequency hopping signals that need codes to unscramble. Some of it is extremely top secret but there is always new things coming along that will defeat them. Missile guidance is one that has several ways of confusing targets, and missiles have several ways of overcoming jamming devices. Also some missiles are harder than others to shoot down due to their flight path which varies from when launched, and the information it recieves prior to being launched to information both passive and active that it aquires during flight. My knowledge is old now but a lot of the stuff is the same only much improved and a lot faster. Ships also have several ways of trying to confuse submarines varying from simple towed decoys which mimic the sound of a ship, to sonars which frequency hop to make it harder to pinpoint the source. Propellers can be made to make different noises than what a submarine might expect to hear from a Naval vessel. I'm sure things have vastly improved in this area as well.

ECM is ANY interference, manipulation, or overcoming anything in the EM (and IR) spectrum, it is not, in any way, limited to jamming. It also extends to intelligence gathering and deciphering, monitoring, and identification. Former ECM troop here.

Regular maintenance is important for ECM equipment. You have to clean out the e-lint filters prior to use.

yooo i thought MI6 had finally got you. Good to see another video!

This channel is underrated. I love how you present your videos and how easy for us to understand.

8:50 No they dont outright rely and never did outright rely on GPS, as all GPS guided weapons also have a INS backup system in the case GPS fails, that dates back to the earliest GPS guided weapon the AGM-84E SLAM a JDAM for example has a 35ft CEP using its INS system, vs a 25ft CEP with GPS all military jets also do have INS in them and they all still have methods to do a INS update with multiple methods (like using TACAN, Ground map radars etc...)

Back in the day I was an Electronic Warfare Operator. I loved it.

Finally, I missed your videos and rewatched some of your older videos. Welcome back :)

Very comprehensive and informative! Well done

I've been watching your video since day one and I must say the time and effort you put in researching for a video is mind blowing. Absolutely loved this video. Keep up with the quality content.

Your videos are always amazing and unbiased. I can't stress this enough. Its so objective.

Early version of the F4 Phantom carried an IRST to aid the radar, when Pulse-Doppler radars came along the IRST was deemed redundant. The Russians who always lagged behind in Radar technology kept using IRST. The Swedish J35F2 Draken used an IRST it was connected with the radar and tracked the targets movement in the horizontal and vertical with the radar only working as a range finder in that mode.

The UK had plenty of aircraft during the Battle of Britain against the Luftwaffe, there was a massive shortage of trained experienced fighter pilots since flying was fairly new at the time.

All the info presented here is incredibly simplified and high level. Nothing we do is nearly as simple or straightforward as what’s presented.

Very interesting specialy like the DCS used for visual aid tool.

I love your videos! Love the great content and the background music 🎶 thanks for the videos

I watch a lot of military videos and I can tell you that your videos are very informative. Great job. 👍

Your videos are awesome man. They are very informative and well put together.

4:26: *CAUTION: Open Door Slowly* Proceeds to open door fast.

2:30 - that moment when the "anti-shit missiles" confused me for a second.

Thank you. You make the best videos. Very informative. You put a lot of time into them. You're the best!!

This is impressively thorough. Great job!

WW2 historian note about Operation Sealion: even if the Luftwaffe had achieved air superiority, an invasion was highly improbable due to the German lack of naval power. (They lost about half of the Kriegsmarine's surface power in the invasion of Norway.) Lots of other factors, too. Check out the video that Military History Visualized made on the subject for a pretty good breakdown.

I imagine that the bearing jamming has something to do with varying the wavelength if the radar trying to locate you uses doppler shift.

This was an excellent video! You hear about a lot of this stuff individually, but this was a nice general coverage of all of this, thanks!

1st video of yours that I watched and it was great!! Fascinating stuff, straight up my ally, thanks!!!

the radars can't measure time. the intervals are too short, and a few nanoseconds would mean a difference of meters. Instead they combine the outgoing signal with the returns and the interference pattern that creates has a much lower frequency. the frequency of that combined signal shows the speed, and the angular offset shows the range.

We have come quite the distance from crossbows and iron sights in such a short period of time. I wonder if it is progress.

An excellent educational piece. Seldom has so much scientific, engineering and historical info been crystallized into such a compact KZfaq jewel! I loved so much how the show was started by a definition and summary of the EM spectrum! I could only admire how boldly numerous facts and stories not essential of the main narrative wew ignored! Thanks a lot.

This was the best on the subject of radar and signal jamming used by the military, practically answered all my questions with excellent diagrams and animations.

you can have a 18 min video about something that is 99% classified

Not sure but at 9:26 I believe the stock images are of Iran's copy/mockup of the RQ-170, not the Sentinel itself, but I could be wrong.

Thanks for bringing this information out and helping us to understand it.

Good job. Loved the video. This is the future of warfare and I would be grateful for every new video on this topic u make :)

2:28 Is that the Arrival Alien language I see there?

Absolutely amazing video, mate, is there any way you could show the sources you use? I'm very interested for personal academic usage

Thanks for this video. It was an excellent piece, with good technical detail.

I love these kinds of videos. Thank you!

13:32 Trolling God Level LMAO 😂 😂

Call of Duty: Electronic Warfare

Very well researched and explained. Thanks for uploading this.

Another excellent video! Well done Keith!

6:09 correction: if you double the distance the power required is 4 times greater, not less.

Definitely more effective and would hurt more ppl than conventional, that's a fact.

Vietnam Veteran, US Navy, ECM (Electronic Counter Measures), Passive/Active. We knew exactly where they were, every day/every night, gave each unit nick-names. We all served as best we could. Thank you for this video!

Great video. Thanks for posting.

I wonder sometimes if most of the modern weapons run on some complex C code

"Jamming alert the enemy that you are there, somewhere" That is exactly how Vietnamese shot down B-52, and other American aircraft. They had to manually calculate the axis that the real air craft and the jamming signal that it created, and just shoot the S-75 in that Axis and let the proximity fuse do the job.

Fantastic video. Thank you very much.

This video was extremely informative. I’ve watched countless military documentaries and none of them went into detail about how Electronic warfare worked.

DCS WORLD !!!! BEST GAME !

Reasons future warfare is scary af 1) Incredible offensive power, with massive stores of ammo 2)Speed of weapons 3)Distance of enemy 4)Economic power of superpowers

Very clear and well structured. Thumbs up

Man....at long last. Always waiting for your documentaries

When you're fighting a war on the frontlines but your salary is paid by a currency with no value. *Laughs in hacking the digital economy*

So technically, the S300 and S400 can be defeated after all.

man for almost fourteen freaking minutes I sat there jaw dropped at my screen like "HE MENTIONED CHAFF, BUT IS HE EVER GOING TO MENTION FLARES?!?!??" I was very relieved at not just the content but the ORDER in which you present them and subsequently a great balanced perspective on where we're at in EW.

Dude your channel is awesome!!

When i heard "ECM" i immediately thought about Battlefield 4

7:53 You are forgetting to calculate in the earths curvature in their range, I suggest you pick up Command Modern Air Naval Operations, one of the best sims in the genre.

Nicely done! Thanks for posting this. 👍

Awesome Video TY For Posting It.

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No coments simply waste 🚯

Thank you much for the video!

Thank you for this!!

Can you do a video explaining your research methods for these vids? like holy titted jesus you seemingly found footage a general would have seen in a budgetary pitch for funding lolol

During the Vietnam war the North Vietnamese were able to shoot down B-52s in spite of the very effective jamming gear on board. How? The B-52s would all approach the target from the same direction, speed, and altitude. When they had dropped their bomb loads they made a sharp turn away from the target (a standard Strategic Air Command maneuver) which suddenly tilted the jamming antenna, changing the signal. The North Vietnamese used the change to figure out where the aircraft would be, and fired their missiles to intercept the bombers. They were fairly successful until Tactical Air Command took over and used a completely different strategy. Source: Air and Space Smithsonian.

I spent 20 years working ECM for the USAF. EW also includes RWR - Radar Warning Receivers - telling the aircrew what the threat is and about where the threat is located. Missiles need to miss only by a few hundred yards in order to keep the aircraft safe. The "kill zone" of the older SAMs, which I worked against, was just a hundred yards. Less than one second flight time for either the aircraft or missile.

Man I’m happy when I see that there are new videos in your channel. Very interesting topic.

"LIGHT WARFARE": Everything in existence are 'gem' photons and interacting 'gem' photons. Revised TOE: 3/25/2017a. My Current TOE: THE SETUP: 1. Modern science currently recognizes four forces of nature: The strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force, gravity, and electromagnetism. 2. In school we are taught that with magnetism, opposite polarities attract and like polarities repel. But inside the arc of a large horseshoe magnet it's the other way around, like polarities attract and opposite polarities repel. (I have proved this to myself with magnets and anybody with a large horseshoe magnet and two smaller bar magnets can easily prove this to yourself too. It occurs at the outer end of the inner arc of the horseshoe magnet.). 3. Charged particles have an associated magnetic field with them. 4. Protons and electrons are charged particles and have their associated magnetic fields with them. 5. Photons also have both an electric and a magnetic component to them. FOUR FORCES OF NATURE DOWN INTO TWO: 6. When an electron is in close proximity to the nucleus, it would basically generate a 360 degree spherical magnetic field. 7. Like charged protons would stick together inside of this magnetic field, while simultaneously repelling opposite charged electrons inside this magnetic field, while simultaneously attracting the opposite charged electrons across the inner portion of the electron's moving magnetic field. 8. There are probably no such thing as "gluons" in actual reality. 9. The strong nuclear force and the weak nuclear force are probably derivatives of the electro-magnetic field interactions between electrons and protons. 10. The nucleus is probably an electro-magnetic field boundary. 11. Quarks also supposedly have a charge to them and then would also most likely have electro-magnetic fields associated with them, possibly a different arrangement for each of the six different type of quarks. 12. The interactions between the quarks EM forces are how and why protons and neutrons formulate as well as how and why protons and neutrons stay inside of the nucleus and do not just pass through as neutrinos do. THE GEM FORCE INTERACTIONS AND QUANTA: 13. Personally, I currently believe that the directional force in photons is "gravity". It's the force that makes the sine wave of EM energy go from a wide (maximum extension) to a point (minimum extension) of a moving photon and acts 90 degrees to the EM forces which act 90 degrees to each other. When the EM gets to maximum extension, "gravity" flips and EM goes to minimum, then "gravity" flips and goes back to maximum, etc, etc. A stationary photon would pulse from it's maximum extension to a point possibly even too small to detect, then back to maximum, etc, etc. 14. I also believe that a pulsating, swirling singularity (which is basically a pulsating, swirling 'gem' photon) is the energy unit in this universe. 15. When these pulsating, swirling energy units interact with other energy units, they tangle together and can interlock at times. Various shapes (strings, spheres, whatever) might be formed, which then create sub-atomic material, atoms, molecules, and everything in existence in this universe. 16. When the energy units unite and interlock together they would tend to stabilize and vibrate. 17. I believe there is probably a Photonic Theory Of The Atomic Structure. 18. Everything is basically "light" (photons) in a universe entirely filled with "light" (photons). THE MAGNETIC FORCE SPECIFICALLY: 19. When the electron with it's associated magnetic field goes around the proton with it's associated magnetic field, internal and external energy oscillations are set up. 20. When more than one atom is involved, and these energy frequencies align, they add together, specifically the magnetic field frequency. 21. I currently believe that this is where a line of flux originates from, aligned magnetic field frequencies. NOTES: 22. The Earth can be looked at as being a massive singular interacting photon with it's magnetic field, electrical surface field, and gravity, all three photonic forces all being 90 degrees from each other. 23. The flat spiral galaxy can be looked at as being a massive singular interacting photon with it's magnetic fields on each side of the plane of matter, the electrical field along the plane of matter, and gravity being directed towards the galactic center's black hole where the gravitational forces would meet, all three photonic forces all being 90 degrees from each other. 24. As below in the singularity, as above in the galaxy and probably universe as well. 25. I believe there are only two forces of nature, Gravity and EM, (GEM). Due to the stability of the GEM with the energy unit, this is also why the forces of nature haven't evolved by now. Of which with the current theory of understanding, how come the forces of nature haven't evolved by now since the original conditions acting upon the singularity aren't acting upon them like they originally were, billions of years have supposedly elapsed, in a universe that continues to expand and cool, with energy that could not be created nor destroyed would be getting less and less dense? My theory would seem to make more sense if in fact it is really true. I really wonder if it is in fact really true. 26. And the universe would be expanding due to these pulsating and interacting energy units and would also allow galaxies to collide, of which, how could galaxies ever collide if they are all speeding away from each other like is currently taught? DISCLAIMER: 27. As I as well as all of humanity truly do not know what we do not know, the above certainly could be wrong. It would have to be proved or disproved to know for more certainty. _________________________________________________________________________ Here is the test for the 'gravity' portion of my TOE idea. I do not have the necessary resources to do the test but maybe you or someone else reading this does, will do the test, then tell the world what is found out either way. a. Imagine a 12 hour clock. b. Put a magnetic field across from the 3 to 9 o'clock positions. c. Put an electric field across from the 6 to 12 o'clock positions. (The magnetic field and electric field would be 90 degrees to each other and should be polarized so as to complement each other.) d. Shoot a high powered laser through the center of the clock at 90 degrees to the em fields. e. Do this with the em fields on and off. (The em fields could be varied in size, strength, density and depth. The intent would be to energy frequency match the laser and em fields for optimal results.) f. Look for any gravitational / anti-gravitational effects. (Including the utilization of ferro cells so as to be able to actually see the energy field movements.) (An alternative to the above would be to shoot 3 high powered lasers, or a single high powered laser split into 3 beams, each adjustable to achieve the above set up, all focused upon a single point in space.) 'If' effects are noted, 'then' further research could be done. 'If' effects are not noted, 'then' my latest TOE idea is wrong. But still, we would know what 'gravity' was not, which is still something in the scientific world. Science still wins either way and moves forward.

This video didn't age well

I absolutely love this channel CC, brilliant content and extremely accurate and thorough. Top job mate.🇬🇧🇺🇸✌✌

Been a few decades since I dabbled in hobby radios and such. The frequencies are only part of the variables available to radars - they also have privacy tones where the tones of the frequency can only be heard by the tone that is programed - all interference may be heard without tone calibration but only tones broadcast in that tone may be heard through the filter. Considering that an infinite number of privacy tones are available for any given frequency the options available for jamming are really quite low - with the advent of computers they can change the tone multiple times/second and still listen for reflected signals in the proper tone.

nice video but that bit at the end about Germany having a chance at winning the battle of Britain is far from accurate. whilst very weary and tired, britain produced more aircraft than were lost and within a year had almost doubled its fighter count from around 660 in july 1940 to 1250 in march 41. poor tactics on the germans part didn't help much but they had no way to effectively stop the RAFs fighter production. people like to think the BoB was a close affair but when you look behind the scenes it could only go one way. the above comments are not to belittle the huge effort the men and women of the RAF put in but rather to inform others that the RAF was set up do defend very well and the germans were unaware how well prepared they were. also germany could never have invaded britain because of its huge royal navy and germany never produced any meaningful landing craft

ALL I'M SAYING, IS THAT AMERICA IS KING IN THIS GAME AND EVERY OTHER GAVE OUT THERE. GOD BLESS AMERICA.

Great videos always! keep up the good work.

A very interesting and informative video considering that up to date info from both sides is classified. Very well done my friend, answered alot of questions 😀

Electronic and cyber warfare is the most destructive and terrifying form of warfare there is.

You really should consider getting off Patreon. Run by scumbags that might cut you off at anytime if they don’t like your ideas.

Fantastic Video ! Really appreciate you making this. We play Star Citizen and in time ECM, ECCM and ECIM will be factors in playing. VIdeos like this help me demonstrate to my squadron the aspects of this technology and how it can be used effectively.

Excellent video, keep up the great work @Covert Cabal !!! :)

What a nonsense! You seem to have swallowed lots of Russian military propaganda videos. Heavy duty truck mounted Murmansk BN can’t jam that far. Tens of kilometers? - may be. And of course not in all wavelength and frequency. The energy required to jam thousand of km radius would require power of multiple nuclear plants if not more. Even largest Over the Horizon radars such as Duga or Volna require dedicated power plants. And of course they are stationary.

Thanks for this video, VERY PROFESSIONAL and WLL DOCUMENTED.

You deserve much more subscribers - keep up the god work m8!

FASCINATING! I love all things electro-magnetic. I got into high-end loudspeaker design as a hobby and did it for years. Compared to this a woofer is as simple as a bicycle. Look at what a hard drive does and how fast that pickup arm goes.