Lesson 17 — Electromagnetic Attack

Switch to the offense. Noise jamming raises the threat's floor until real returns vanish — and the self-protect J/S grows as R², so the jammer wins far out and loses close in, where the radar burns through.

Reading

Electromagnetic Attack

The spot/barrage/swept-spot taxonomy, the J/S ∝ R² scaling, burn-through range, and self-protect vs stand-off geometry.

Flashcards

Review deck

Key terms and relations from the lesson, in a self-test deck.

Pre-flight

Pre-flight quiz

Five questions to work before class — anyone can be called to the board.

Slides

Lesson slides

The deck we work through in class, as a PDF you can annotate.

Demo

Jammer / J/S Explorer

Vary power, RCS, and range to watch J/S follow R² and the burn-through range slide inward.