In a naval combat simulation conducted by Chinese researchers, an anti-ship missile targets a fleet of eight People’s Liberation Army warships showing on its radar. But it is not an armada – it is just a single vessel. Four electronic warfare devices circling the ship created the illusion, sending signals that could deceive even an advanced radar from a distance. It was developed by a team from the Beijing Research Institute of Telemetry, an aerospace defence contractor. They detailed the “unprecedented” technology in a peer-reviewed paper published in the Chinese-language Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics on February 28. Their study suggested that networked 1-bit jammers could be used to trick enemy missiles into pursuing “ghost” fleets while the real warships avoided the radar entirely. These jammers – which transmit a single signal to disrupt enemy radar systems – cost a fraction of the traditional systems. The team said there was more to be done, including combining the jammer with artificial intelligence and other new technology to improve its performance. “These efforts will ensure our absolute advantage in electronic warfare,” wrote the team led by researcher Hu Jijun.

Full report : China’s new jammer technology could give PLA ‘absolute advantage’ in electronic warfare when combined with AI and other new technology.