00:00The war in Ukraine is becoming a struggle not only for territory and firepower,
00:05but also by the control of the electromagnetic spectrum.
00:09Both sides attack and defend communication signals on an unprecedented scale and innovate rapidly.
00:16While the United States and other Western countries are struggling to keep up, reports The Wall Street Journal.
00:23Earlier this year, two Russian ballistic missiles were heading at hypersonic speed toward a key government facility in
00:31kyiv,
00:32but they crashed into the Dnieper River after being intercepted by a radio signal.
00:37The journalists discovered that it was the work of the elite Ukrainian electronic countermeasures unit Nightwatch or Guard.
00:44Nocturnal,
00:45which inhibited the missiles with the Lima system.
00:48The outlet noted that drones have become the dominant weapon in the war in Ukraine.
00:53Since the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion, kyiv and Moscow have maintained a constant game of cat and cat and
00:58the mouse across the frequency spectrum
01:01to inhibit and suppress the other's aerial targets, and they are increasingly resorting to artificial intelligence for this purpose.
01:07The publication explained that electronic warfare is essentially based on detecting or suppressing the frequencies used by the
01:14enemy
01:15or in masking their own signals against enemy interference.
01:18In the simplest case, this is achieved by emitting signals designed to block, confuse, or displace the adversary's communications.
01:27A Nightwatch commander, call sign Alchemist, told reporters that his unit uses the Lima system.
01:34to emit signals within a radius of almost 200 kilometers, rendering drones, missiles and
01:40guided bombs.
01:41In November 2025, Nightwatch intercepted a Russian hypersonic missile, the Kinsal, which the Kremlin dictator, Vladimir Putin, had ordered to be launched.
01:50had previously described it as virtually invulnerable.
01:54According to Nightwatch officials, the Lima system sent the missile a false navigation signal.
02:00which caused it to change course and disintegrate due to its own speed.
02:04Ukrainian officials explained to reporters that, on occasion, Lima can interfere with their own drones during operations.
02:12However, they have no doubts about the effectiveness of their electronic warfare capabilities.
02:17According to a Ukrainian official, Lima can suppress between 70 and 95% of radio-controlled drones.
02:24detected in the sector where the Nightwatch unit operates.
02:28Ukrainian manufacturer Phantom Defense told reporters that, during the last year of operation,
02:34Their systems have detected more than 11,500 Russian drones, of which approximately 7,500 were successfully neutralized.
02:43This is confirmed by video recordings from drones, which the company also intercepts.
02:48Furthermore, Ukraine is acquiring huge quantities of these types of systems.
02:51For example, the Ukrainian manufacturer December One sells thousands of its top-of-the-line, long-range systems to
02:58month,
02:58compared to dozens in 2024.
03:01The publication emphasized that, with the development of technology,
03:05There are increasingly more targets susceptible to being hit by electronic warfare.
03:09From mobile phones and satellite navigation systems,
03:12including a wide variety of new guided missiles and drones, as well as traditional radios and radars.
03:18Several Ukrainian and Western air defense experts told reporters that a system like Lima
03:24It is capable of thwarting ballistic missile attacks.
03:27Although Russia has succeeded this year in penetrating kyiv's air defenses with ballistic missiles
03:33demonstrates that electronic warfare is not a perfect replacement for Patriot interceptors,
03:39It is much cheaper and easier to obtain.
03:48Thank you!
