high technology has improved the "soft kill" and "hard destruction" capabilities of electronic equipment, and electronic warfare will run through the entire process of the campaign. Weakening the enemy's electromagnetic advantage and seizing electromagnetic control on the battlefield have become important conditions for stable defense.
Electronic warfare is a struggle between warring parties for the rights to use and control the electromagnetic spectrum . Since Israel succeeded in using electronic warfare in the Middle East War , electronic warfare has not only received more and more attention from many military powers, but has also developed rapidly. The Gulf War kicked off with electronic warfare and continued throughout the war. . In the early days of the war, multinational forces not only used strong suppressive electronic jamming to "soft kill" the Iraqi military, but also used anti-electronic warfare equipment to "hard destroy" the Iraqi army's electronic facilities, causing the Iraqi army's radar to be blinded and the photoelectric sensors to fail. , communication interruption, command failure, and weapons out of control.
The reason why multinational forces were able to achieve obvious air strike effects within a short period of time and seize the initiative on the battlefield at the beginning of the war was mainly due to the absolute advantage of electronic warfare. It was precisely because of Iraq's disadvantageous position in electronic decisive warfare that it resulted in the loss of battlefield initiative and the ultimate outcome of defense failure.
Local war shows that electronic warfare has become the forerunner of modern combat operations and runs through the entire process of modern warfare. Seizing and maintaining electromagnetic superiority is far more important than seizing air superiority, troop superiority and strategic war locations. Without electromagnetic control, it would be difficult to obtain air and sea control, and there would be no defensive stability at all.
