Ship to ship EW?

[SeaQueen]

Originally Posted by Dr.Sid

How does radar jamming work anyway ?
I understand that if you send the same frequency back all the time, radar can't detect target range. But it still can detect bearing, and for many applications it can be enough.

Turning on certain types of jammers can definitely raise your electronic signature and make you more detectable to certain types of EW suites. Other types don't. Typically, though, when a jammer is turned on, it's because the enemy already has a pretty good idea of where you are or at least that you're on the way. The whole discussion of when and what to emit is actually pretty interesting. If you're a game theory geek, you can formulate EW in those terms.