The US is still falling behind on electronic warfare, special operators warn

Published on May 14, 2024

A recruit of the 1st Separate Mechanized Battalion trains and learns to work with FPV strike drones while undergoing five-day training at a military outdoor firing range on March 12, 2024 in central Ukraine.

The U.S. military is “still falling behind” its potential adversaries in electronic warfare, one former three-star special operator said last week at SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida—and he wasn’t the only one.

“The gap between where the United States should be and where we are, in my judgment, continues to expand not everywhere, but in far too many places,” said Mike Nagata, a retired Army lieutenant general who led special operations in the Middle East and is now a senior vice president for CACI International.

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