Communications, Radar & Electronic Warfare (201.. - Index of

344 CommullIcations, Radar and Electron ic Warfareidenti fy areas for further study, After this, ai rcraft or satellites can be sent to look forfurther evidence and can successfully find and identify target systems,These days, open source material can be the best method of identifying newsystems, There is an aggressive market in modern military equipment, and much datacan be obtai ned directly from the design company by acquiring brochures or otherpromoti onal material. More can be determined by talking to the people on the standof an exhibition, They are often keen to talk about their system's capabilities, and willtalk to anyone who appears to be interested. Ne ws cameras are often the first on thescene of events and their broadcasts can often help in the identification of systems inplace as well as providing valuable information about what is happening on theground, Of course, there is always the possibility of misdirection but when thisinformation is added to what is already known, the information can be interesting in anumber of ways.18.4.2 Management of EORBA T InformationEORBAT information should be managed in the same way as other intelligencedata, It should be centralised and the distribution controlled appropriately,Historically, intelligence has been hindered by the existence of a number ofagencies that do not talk to each other. This leads to confusion and error. Instead, acentral mechanism for managing information should be adopted (hence the'Central' in CIA, for example), One organisation should take and maintainprimacy in data management, processing and dissemination, In the UK, this isthe Defence EW Centre (DEWC). This avoids the inexcusable scenario where vitalinformation is known to one organisation but not communicated to those who needit urgently - or worse, that information users received contradicting information,Where disparate agencies exist such as foreign, home, defence and communicationsintelligence, this is not a problem as long as their roles are agreed and thatthey contribute to a single managing agency,There are two aspects to the EORBAT; the first is the technical parameters of eachtype of radar and communications system and the second is the known locations ofparticular emitters,18.4.3 Radar Threat CharacteristicsA vast array of data can be collected against radar systems. Some of the most importantare shown in Table IS. 1. There are two types of data; those that define the boundaries ofthe system such as maximum and minimum values, and those that define thecharacteristics observed during a particular encounter. Unless data can be obtainedfrom other sources, the minimum and maximum values can be deduced from multipleobserved characteristics and from basic limitations imposed by the system design.