Electronic deception
Encyclopedia
In telecommunication
, the term electronic deception means the deliberate radiation
, reradiation
, alteration, suppression, absorption
, denial, enhancement, or reflection
of electromagnetic energy in a manner intended to convey misleading information
and to deny valid information to an enemy or to enemy electronics-dependent weapons.
Among the types of electronic deception are:
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
, the term electronic deception means the deliberate radiation
Radiation
In physics, radiation is a process in which energetic particles or energetic waves travel through a medium or space. There are two distinct types of radiation; ionizing and non-ionizing...
, reradiation
Reradiation
In telecommunication, the term reradiation has the following meanings:#Electromagnetic radiation, at the same or different wavelengths, i.e., frequencies, of energy received from an incident wave....
, alteration, suppression, absorption
Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
In physics, absorption of electromagnetic radiation is the way by which the energy of a photon is taken up by matter, typically the electrons of an atom. Thus, the electromagnetic energy is transformed to other forms of energy for example, to heat. The absorption of light during wave propagation is...
, denial, enhancement, or reflection
Reflection (physics)
Reflection is the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two differentmedia so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated. Common examples include the reflection of light, sound and water waves...
of electromagnetic energy in a manner intended to convey misleading information
Information
Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...
and to deny valid information to an enemy or to enemy electronics-dependent weapons.
Among the types of electronic deception are:
- Manipulative electronic deception - Actions to eliminate revealing or convey misleading, telltale indicators that may be used by hostile forces
- Simulative electronic deception - Actions to represent friendly notional or actual capabilities to mislead hostile forces
- Imitative electronic deception - The introduction of electromagnetic energy into enemy systems that imitates enemy emissions.