Est\u00e1 previsto construir un campo de pruebas de guerra electr\u00f3nica en Fort Gordon, Georgia, un desarrollo que, seg\u00fan funcionarios del ej\u00e9rcito estadounidense, reforzar\u00e1 en gran medida la preparaci\u00f3n de las tropas. Los planes surgen cuando el servicio, el m\u00e1s grande del ej\u00e9rcito, reinvierte en guerra electr\u00f3nica y dominio electromagn\u00e9tico despu\u00e9s de a\u00f1os de negligencia. El renovado inter\u00e9s est\u00e1 impulsado por las amenazas planteadas por Rusia y China.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON \u2014 An electronic-warfare testing range is slated for construction at Fort Gordon in Georgia, a development U.S. Army officials said will greatly bolster troop readiness.<\/p>\n
The plans come as the service, the military\u2019s largest, reinvests in electronic warfare and electromagnetic mastery after years of neglect. The renewed interest is spurred by\u00a0threats posed by Russia and China<\/a>\u00a0after years spent in the Middle East.<\/p>\n Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton, Fort Gordon\u2019s commanding officer, on Oct. 11 said the facilities will be a place where soldiers can get familiar with their jamming and sensing gear in realistic settings.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a fantastic training area to leverage EW capabilities,\u201d Stanton told reporters on the sidelines of the annual\u00a0Association of the U.S. Army conference<\/a>\u00a0in Washington. \u201cIt is heavily wooded, it\u2019s undulated terrain. It has an airstrip built into it \u2014 lots of things that will benefit our ability to look at distances that matter in large-scale maneuver environments, in terrain that the Army would likely find itself fighting in.\u201d<\/p>\n The sensitive nature of EW has long rendered full-strength testing and training tricky. Defense officials have said they do not want to harm neighbors on the spectrum and do not want to tip their hand to faraway observers, like Moscow and Beijing.<\/p>\n Todd Boudreau, the deputy commandant of the Army cyber school, in August said the project was approved by service leadership and \u201calready\u201d in the program objective memorandum, a layout of\u00a0future spending plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n The outdoor range, he told reporters the AFCEA TechNet Augusta conference in Georgia, will give students an opportunity to engage with \u201cthe environment, movement and maneuver, light discipline and noise discipline in a combat environment.\u201d<\/p>\n Fort Gordon will be formally renamed\u00a0Fort Eisenhower<\/a>\u00a0this month.<\/p>\n