Japan To Set Up Six New Electronic Warfare Units
Japan's Defense Ministry plans to enhance its electronic warfare capability by creating six specialized units across the country.
Electronic warfare involves monitoring and jamming enemy radio communications and radars.
The Ground Self-Defense Force will build the new units during the next fiscal year, which ends in March 2022. An electronic warfare unit has already been established in Hokkaido and another one will be set up this fiscal year in Kumamoto Prefecture with about 80 personnel.
A headquarters unit will be placed at Camp Asaka, which straddles Tokyo and Saitama prefectures. The new units will be located across the country in areas such as the northern prefecture of Hokkaido and southwestern prefecture of Okinawa.
The units will monitor electromagnetic waves emitted by foreign aircraft and vessels around Japan. This information will be systematically analyzed.
The units will also be equipped with jamming capability to respond in the event of a contingency.
