Electronic warfare: The next step in national security

Modern military forces rely heavily on a variety of complex, high technology, electronic offensive and defensive capabilities. EW is a specialized tool that enhances many air and space functions at multiple levels of conflict. Proper employment of EW enhances the ability of operational commanders to achieve operational superiority over the adversary. Control of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum has a major impact on the success of military operations. Modern weapons and support systems employ radio, radar, infrared (IR), optical, ultraviolet, electro-optical, and laser technologies. Commanders must prepare to operate weapons systems in an intensive and non-permissive electromagnetic environment. This may be aggravated by both intentional and unintentional emissions from friendly, neutral, and enemy forces. Mission accomplishment requires awareness, dynamic planning, and flexibility at all levels of war. Unfettered access to selected portions of the EM spectrum is critical for weapon system effectiveness and protection of critical air assets. This work helps visualize mission scenarios and suggests the best combination of weapons to successfully complete the mission with minimum loss. This work handles a nonlinear optimization problem with multiple number of variables and constraints. Closed form and exact Solutions of such problems are computationally difficult. Therefore, this paper proposes the knowledge-based approach to solve this problem.