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Basilisk

Country of Origin: France

The Basilisk is a large, pod-mounted system carried on a centerline hardpoint or wing pylon; it is described by Thomson as an "improved Caiman " jammer. Four on-board jammers can jam surveillance and airborne command and control radars (the two low-band jammers) and radar guidance links to air-to-ai r missiles (the two high-band jammers). The jammers are excited by traveling wave tube (TWT) transmitters. An on-board signal processor consults a pre-programmed threat library for...

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