Re: USAF up a creek without Navy jammer support

On Mar 31, 1:50 pm, "Keith Willshaw"
<nospamforke...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"hcobb" <henry.c...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
The USAF does not build jammers because stealth aircraft don't need
them, but stealth aircraft are so expensive that they will never be
risked without jammer support...

-HJC

Wrong again Henry

See Iraq - twice, Kosovo etc.

How so?

Unlike the Raptor, the Prowler has actually been useful in Iraq.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-06-12-navy-roadside-bombs_N.htm
A secret aircraft that debuted in Vietnam and usually protects U.S.
fighter jets is getting a new type of task over Iraq -- trying to stop
the scourge of roadside bombs by jamming ground signals from mobile
phones and garage door openers.

-HJC
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