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Electronic Combat Systems |
 | | Electronic Attack (formerly Electronic Countermeasures) is the division of EW involving the use of electromagnetic or directed energy to attack personnel, facilities, and equipment for the purpose of degrading, neutralizing, or destroying enemy combat capability. |
 | | Electronic Protection (formerly Electronic Counter-Countermeasures) is the division of EW involving actions taken to protect personnel, facilities, and equipment from the effects of friendly or enemy EW actions that may degrade, neutralize, or destroy friendly combat capability. |
 | | Electronic Warfare, like most defense-related technologies, felt the pinch of declining budgets in the early 1990s, but significant progress in the modernization of EW capabilities was still made, especially in the infrared area. |
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