electronic warfare-support measures

9.2

Actions that use electronic signals to find enemy radar or radio and help commanders spot immediate threats

noun

Specialized

: medidas de apoyo a la guerra electrónica

The military uses electronic warfare-support measures to identify enemy radar systems.

Examples

The military unit relied on electronic warfare-support measures to detect hostile radar installations.
Through sophisticated electronic warfare-support measures, the fleet was able to avoid a surprise attack.
Modern battlefields increasingly depend on electronic warfare-support measures for immediate threat identification.
Can you explain how electronic warfare-support measures work?
The military unit relied on electronic warfare-support measures to detect hostile radar installations.
Modern battlefields increasingly depend on electronic warfare-support measures for immediate threat identification.
Through sophisticated electronic warfare-support measures, the fleet was able to avoid a surprise attack.

Synonyms

ESM

vselectronic warfare-support measures

Specialized

1 9.3

To use electronic systems to find and identify enemy radar and signals in war

is the commander controlled operation using systems for tactical threat locating

electronic reconnaissance

vselectronic warfare-support measures

Specialized

8.1

The detection and location of enemy radio and radar signals for military or spy work

focuses on immediate tactical locating under direct commander control rather than broad analysis

How Active

electronic warfare

Specialized

1 7.7

electronic warfare-support measures

Specialized

9.2

electronic surveillance

9 4.0

Surface Forms

electronic warfare-support measures singular

electronic warfare-support measures plural

Morphology

electronic + warfare-support + measure

The phrase is compositionally built from recognisable parts — 'electronic' + 'warfare' + 'measures' — so a learner who knows these words can infer it refers to actions or procedures related to electronic warfare support. However the exact technical sense (operations to detect and locate electromagnetic sources under a commander’s control) is specialist and not fully predictable from the basic word meanings, and the hyphenated 'warfare-support' is a domain-specific formation that may be confusing.

Etymology

Electronic warfare-support measures comes from the idea of using electronic 'ears' to listen for enemy radio or radar signals. The words electronic meaning 'signals', warfare meaning 'battle', support meaning 'help', and measures meaning 'actions' create the image of teams finding and locating hostile signals, so the term means 'operations that detect and locate enemy signals to recognize immediate threats'.