Posted on 11/12/2014 10:56:19 AM PST by Lazamataz
The State Department acknowledged that the crew of the destroyer USS Donald Cook has been gravely demoralized ever since their vessel was flown over in the Black Sea by a Russian Sukhoi-24 (Su-24) fighter jet which carried neither bombs nor missiles but only an electronic warfare device.
On 10 April 2014, the USS Donald Cook entered the waters of the Black Sea and on 12 April a Russian Su-24 tactical bomber flew over the vessel triggering an incident that, according to several media reports, completely demoralized its crew, so much so that the Pentagon issued a protest [1].
The USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) is a 4th generation guided missile destroyer whose key weapons are Tomahawk cruise missiles with a range of up to 2,500 kilometers, and capable of carrying nuclear explosives. This ship carries 56 Tomahawk missiles in standard mode, and 96 missiles in attack mode.
The US destroyer is equipped with the most recent Aegis Combat System. It is an integrated naval weapons systems which can link together the missile defense systems of all vessels embedded within the same network, so as to ensure the detection, tracking and destruction of hundreds of targets at the same time. In addition, the USS Donald Cook is equipped with 4 large radars, whose power is comparable to that of several stations. For protection, it carries more than fifty anti-aircraft missiles of various types.
Meanwhile, the Russian Su-24 that buzzed the USS Donald Cook carried neither bombs nor missiles but only a basket mounted under the fuselage, which, according to the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta [2], contained a Russian electronic warfare device called Khibiny.
As the Russian jet approached the US vessel, the electronic device disabled all radars, control circuits, systems, information transmission, etc. on board the US destroyer. In other words, the all-powerful Aegis system, now hooked up - or about to be - with the defense systems installed on NATO’s most modern ships was shut down, as turning off the TV set with the remote control.
The Russian Su-24 then simulated a missile attack against the USS Donald Cook, which was left literally deaf and blind. As if carrying out a training exercise, the Russian aircraft - unarmed - repeated the same maneuver 12 times before flying away.
After that, the 4th generation destroyer immediately set sail towards a port in Romania.
Since that incident, which the Atlanticist media have carefully covered up despite the widespread reactions sparked among defense industry experts, no US ship has ever approached Russian territorial waters again.
According to some specialized media, 27 sailors from the USS Donald Cook requested to be relieved from active service.
Vladimir Balybine - director of the research center on electronic warfare and the evaluation of so-called "visibility reduction" techniques attached to the Russian Air Force Academy - made the following comment:
"The more a radio-electronic system is complex, the easier it is to disable it through the use of electronic warfare."
Russian propaganda. Based on simple physics, it’s 100X more likely that a ship could fry a close-by passing jet than the other way around, due to vastly greater power and much bigger arrays.
The part about 27 crew trying to quit? Pure Russian propaganda.
Shhhsssshhh. . .not supposed to say that. . .
And you expect us to believe a quack?
And there are plenty of morons who believe it, even here at FR.
In other words, surprisingly light for their size.
It’s complete bullshit.
EMP. Scary!
Dayum.
Of course, if mine shrank two more inches, I would officially become a woman.
Thanks bro. Your opinion I trust.
“ased on simple physics, it’s 100X more likely that a ship could fry a close-by passing jet than the other way around, due to vastly greater power and much bigger arrays.”
The Aegis could microwave cook the pilot in his metal craft, if the EWO was so inclined.
Probably a lot of propaganda in this. But don’t forget, that before WWII, we denigrated the ability of the Japanese to fight us. In reality, they came up with a superior fighter (Zero),
more modern ships, much better torpedos, etc.—while we were stuck with outmoded and sometimes non-functioning weapons systems.
(And, they captured Singapore, which was thought to be unconquerable.)
Maybe the Russians aren’t 10 feet tall, but it is best to assume that they aren’t midgets, either; and be prepared to meet them.
That brings to mind the Russian propaganda about the Ukrainian flagship’s captain and crew agreeing to surrender when they returned to their home port of Sevastopol after returning from a NATO exercise.
Somehow the captain and crew must not have been in on the agreement. When they returned they put in at Odessa instead going to the Crimea.
I suspect the Cook went dark and did not light up the Russian bomber when it approached. No reason to give intel for free.
Our captain once got a Russian warship to activate their fire control radar. Lots of congrats after that.
Do you really believe in this pitiful attempt at propaganda? I have worked on Combat Systems and various Intel Systems as a contractor for the Navy and the NSGA and I can tell you that article is a bunch of BS.
Meh. Look up the EC-130H Compass Call. I flew on ‘em over 20 years ago. If anything emits a signal, it can be jammed.
My guess is that if the Russkies have it we have it also. We probably just keep it quiet.
The fix for this is to fire upon detection.
But it's a terrible fix.
Kinda like MAD.
So do I. Presently. For the USS Donald Duck. We're flipping out over here.
Laz
No sh!t?
Did the systems come back up after the aircraft left, or were they permanently damaged?
http://web.debka.com/newsupdate/7877/printversion
Is it just possible the ship shut down the E systems to prevent the plane from gaining detailed intel on them?
The calculus for sinking a US Warship at Sea always comea down to this:
Are you willing to trade Nuclear Weapons with the USA?
So far, nobody is.
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