Ukrainian forces blow up modern Russian electronic warfare system
Ukrainian forces blew up a Russian truck-mounted mobile communications jammer, called R-330ZH Zhitel, according to reports. mil.in.ua.
Ukrainian soldiers released an image showing a burnt out R-330ZH Zhitel jamming system.
It is currently unclear where they were filmed on the front lines.
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R-330ZH Zhitel is a Russian electronic warfare system designed to jam satellite communications equipment, as well as navigation systems and mobile phones within a radius of 30 km.
The truck-based Zhitel system provides analysis and selection of transmitter signal parameters. The R-330Zh jamming station was used by the Russian military during the Crimean crisis in March 2014.
The Zhitel system is part of the inventory of REB-S battalions of the EW brigade, and, in addition to the missions listed above, can be used to jam aircraft communications and satellite navigation. (GPS, Galelo, BeiDou, etc.).