U.S. Deploys Electronic Warfare Aircraft To Korean Peninsula
The United States Air Force has deployed an aircraft designed for
electronic warfare to the Korean Peninsula. As reported by The Aviationist
Monday, an EC-130H Compass Call aircraft recently left Japan’s Yokota Air Base
and arrived at Osan Air Base in South Korea.
According to the U.S. Air Force, the Compass
Call, which landed in Japan on Jan. 4 after travelling from Arizona’s
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, is capable of delivering precision electronic
attacks to disrupt enemy communications.
“Compass Call is the Air Force’s premier electronic attack platform,”
Lt. Col. Matthew Cunningham, an EC-130 aircraft commander, said last August.
“It is the CFACC’s only autonomous communications jamming, electronic attack
asset. This unique autonomy is attributed to a crew of about a dozen
highly-specialised, competent Airmen.”
The aircraft, a modified C-130 Hercules, has most recently been used
against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria as part of Operation Inherent
Resolve. The Aviationist’s David Cenciotti notes that the reason behind the
deployment currently remains unknown.
“Obviously, we can’t speculate about the reason behind the deployment of
the Electronic Warfare with alleged Cyber-Attack capabilities (that could be
particularly useful against certain threats these days…) aircraft south of the
DMZ,” Cenciotti states. “However, the presence of such a specialised and
somehow rare aircraft in the Korean peninsula, that joins several other
intelligence gathering aircraft operating over South Korea amid raising
tensions for quite some time, is at least worth of note.”
Infowars reached out to the U.S. Air Force for comment but did not
receive a response as of writing. The aircraft’s deployment comes as the
Pentagon quietly prepares for a potential conflict with North Korea.
President Trump denied in a telephone call with South Korean President
Moon Jae-in last week that the U.S. was considering an attack on North Korea
after reports claimed the White House was debating a “bloody nose” strike on
sites across the country. Fears over a clash between Pyongyang and Washington
D.C. intensified Saturday after a text alert in Hawaii incorrectly warned of an
incoming ballistic missile attack.
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