The People's Liberation Army electronic warfare unit released a list of targets, such as radars and communication equipment, it would attack in the event of a potential conflict in a Chinese defense industry magazine, the South China Morning Post reported Monday.
Pulling from the latest issue of Defence Industry Conversion in China, a magazine supervised by the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Mo Jiaqian, an electronic countermeasures expert with the PLA's 92728 Unit, was quoted as saying, "This information can provide references for the development of electronic countermeasures technology and related equipment in China's future naval battlefields."
One of the vital targets Jiaqian mentioned in the report, according to Interesting Engineering, was the Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) system, a key defensive system used by U.S. aircraft carriers and their fleet for air defense coordination and detecting early warnings. The CEC system also enables the fleet to fire missiles from any ship in the group.
Jiaqian said that its apparent strength is also its greatest weakness.
"It is formed through," she said, "the networking of phased array radars, which relies on wireless communication links. When the opposing force employs electronic interference, the wireless links are prone to disconnection or disruption."
It is not clear why the report was published.
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