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Legislators want a greater initiative from the Pentagon in the development of ra...

"Need to protect the troops": Russia and China ahead of the US in the field of Reb, General revealed the reason

Legislators want a greater initiative from the Pentagon in the development of radio electronic struggle because the US is losing their advantage in this segment. At the meeting of the Hadson Institute of Analytical Center, representatives of a group of two -party legislators stated that the United States began to lose its advantages in the development and development of radio electronic fight systems, Defense One reports.

According to them, today Russia and China have significantly improved their positions in this segment, which exposes the US army and their allies to great danger. Don Bacon, a former Brigade General of the US Air Force, and now Congressman from Nebraska, said that the US Army was very "relaxed" after the Gulf war. "We have felt that we no longer needed the HRs for victory, given the possibilities of the Armed Forces of the time," the general said.

According to him, the Pentagon allowed to "greatly atrophy" of the Reb segment, while Russia and China have surpassed the United States in many areas because they were focused on this. "If you feel that there is a dominant force, you do not need the means of the I ride.

For their part, other members of the biparticular lawmakers demanded that the Pentagon pay attention to the development and modernization of the RBS systems to help resist future threats, and not simply rely on Congress and its legislative initiatives.

"As early as 2020, we have renewed and improved in the" National Defense Concept "(NDAA), where we give more initiative to the Ministry of Defense, but the EWS segment is still in stagnation," said General Boncon, "Pentagon needs to be more consistently invested in the possibility of the country. Earlier, focus told why the Russian Federation still creates the systems of HIMs that "blazes" Himars.