Lesson 15 — Electromagnetic Protect#
Flip the seat back to the radar's side of the duel. A radar must radiate to work, so EP keeps it useful while giving the threat as little as possible — low-probability-of-intercept waveforms, frequency and polarization agility, and side-lobe management.
Reading
Electromagnetic Protect
The EP dilemma, LPI and the G_p = Bτ advantage, frequency and polarization agility, and side-lobe defenses.
FlashcardsReview deck
Key terms and relations from the lesson, in a self-test deck.
Pre-flightPre-flight quiz
Five questions to work before class — anyone can be called to the board.
SlidesLesson slides
The deck we work through in class, as a PDF you can annotate.
DemoAgility and Side-lobes
Hop the carrier to escape a spot jammer and force it into a diluted barrage — the agility half of EP's playbook.