Methodical approach to evaluating the effectiveness of electronic counter-countermeasures to airborne interference stations in aerial combat

Abstract

Modern active jamming stations reduce the chance of aircraft getting hit by missiles with active and semi-active homing heads during aerial combat by 40-60%. The active development of airborne electronic countermeasures equipment forces to look for ways and means to not only protect against them, but also to actively counter these means, the so-called electronic counter-countermeasures. Nowadays, there are several methods of electronic counter-countermeasures to the enemy airborne active jamming stations, but the sequence and conditions of their application are not defined. Therefore, the paper proposes to determine the features of the application of three methods of electronic counter-countermeasures and to develop an algorithm for electronic counter-countermeasures against the enemy airborne active jamming stations in the conditions of creating polarization jamming of various kinds. The development of the algorithm allows to evaluate the efficiency of the application of electronic counter-countermeasures based on performance indicators of the functioning of an airborne targeting radar.