{"id":1581302,"date":"2022-07-31T09:46:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T13:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1581302"},"modified":"2022-07-31T09:46:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T13:46:42","slug":"putins-next-big-lie-russia-thinks-it-can-beat-the-f-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-next-big-lie-russia-thinks-it-can-beat-the-f-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin&#8217;s Next Big Lie: Russia Thinks It Can Beat the F-35"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputins-next-big-lie-russia-thinks-it-can-beat-the-f-35%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1581302&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><strong>F-35 Stealth Fighters \u2018Suppressed\u2019 By Russian Electronic Warfare; Missiles Fail To Hit Target \u2013 Local Media Claims: <\/strong>Last month, Russian-state media widely circulated videos supposedly revealing an Israeli F-35 failing to counter robust electronic suppression.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the media sources, an Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/06\/watch-out-iran-israels-f-35i-adir-stealth-fighter-is-getting-upgrades\/\">F-35I Adir<\/a> could not strike its intended target during military drills due to Moscow\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/this-is-whats-happened-so-far-in-ukraines-electronic-warfare-battle\">electronic warfare systems<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>While this claim appears unlikely for various reasons, electronic warfare remains a vital pillar of the Kremlin\u2019s strategic military and defense approach. In fact, Russian forces are utilizing jamming and interception capabilities more and more amidst its ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/07\/putin-has-a-problem-he-is-running-out-of-soldiers-to-send-to-die-in-ukraine\/\">invasion of Ukraine<\/a>. The recent reports suggesting Russia was able to thwart arguably the most advanced fighter jet on the planet could be a veiled threat to Ukraine.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Claim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a defense analyst at the <a href=\"https:\/\/eurasiantimes.com\/f-35-stealth-fighters-suppressed-by-russian-electronic-warfare\/\">EurAsian Times<\/a>, the video circulated by Russian-state media outlets depicts an \u201cair-to-ground munition, reportedly fired from an F-35, missing its target, which the website claims are owing to Electronic Warfare interference from Russian systems.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>While this claim is dubious at best, it highlights the F-35\u2019s potential vulnerability to cyber warfare attacks. The fifth-generation stealth fighter is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/israel-has-extended-the-range-of-its-f-35s-report\">powerhouse<\/a> and is largely enabled by advanced technology and weapons systems. Incorporating highly-sophisticated computerized systems has enhanced the jet but leaves it more exposed than its less-technological predecessors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>F-35 Systems<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>The jet\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/defence.nridigital.com\/global_defence_technology_mar19\/back_door_for_hackers_f-35_cyber_weaknesses_in_the_spotlight\">Autonomic Logistics Information System<\/a> (ALIS) is one of the F-35\u2019s unprecedented features. It enables operators across the globe to share the same critical platform data. Lockheed Martin, the F-35\u2019s American-based maker, has described the information system as the backbone of the airframe. \u201cALIS is integral to maintaining and operating F-35s,\u201d says Lockheed Martin in accompanying literature. \u201cIt is a system-of-systems approach to fleet management that connects maintenance, supply chain and sustainment information into a single management tool to support all F-35 operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the highly advanced ALIS makes it easier for ground technicians to identify and service problems with the fighter, it also has the potential to make the jet vulnerable to cyber-attacks. According to Global Defense Technology, a senior fellow at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iiss.org\/\">International Institute for Strategic Studies<\/a> outlined the ALIS\u2019s downfall: \u201cThe big concern about ALIS is that it is so interconnected and pulls data together from all F-35 users globally that there are lots of potential entry points for a would-be hacker to get in there.\u201d The Director of the Air Force F-35 Integration Office mirrored this rhetoric in a later statement: \u201cIt\u2019s a software-based aircraft, and any software-based platform is going to be susceptible to hacking.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>F-35 False Claims by Russia Are Common<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Despite the valid concerns surrounding the F-35\u2019s susceptibility to electronic warfare attacks, Russia\u2019s claims cannot be verified. Additionally, Israel\u2019s fleet of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/03\/meet-the-f-35i-adir-israels-very-special-stealth-fighter\/\">F-35I fighters<\/a> has been the subject of questionable claims in the past. In 2017, a story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/pauliddon\/2022\/05\/20\/why-would-russia-fire-a-syrian-s-300-missile-at-israeli-jets\/?sh=57e8518a2eb5\">circulated<\/a> suggested that an Israeli F-35 was hit by a Soviet-made S-200 missile fired by the Syrian Defense Forces. In response to this claim, Israel\u2019s Defense Forces (IDF) asserted that while an anti-aircraft missile targeted one of its fighters, the strike was unsuccessful.\n<\/p>\n<p>Although the suspect nature surrounding Russia\u2019s claim that it interfered in the functioning of an Israeli F-35 fighter, Moscow has employed its electronic warfare capabilities on a greater scale recently. Since late February, the Kremlin has launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-60506682\">widescale invasion<\/a> of Ukraine. Regional news reports have indicated that Russian forces are increasingly intercepting Ukraine\u2019s military communications while simultaneously jamming its navigation systems. While Moscow did not utilize its cyber potential at the onset of the invasion, industry experts and the Pentagon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/theyre-jamming-everything-putins-electronic-warfare-turns-tide-war-1712784\">predicted<\/a> the \u201cfull scope of Russia\u2019s electronic warfare capabilities\u201d could eventually be brought to bear.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press reported that Moscow may have waited to employ the full force of its cyber abilities because it only has poorly trained technicians that could not be aware of how to use the technology correctly. \u201cWhat we\u2019re learning now is that the Russians eventually turned it off because it was interfering with their own communications so much,\u201d retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, a former U.S. Army commander for Europe, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-kyiv-technology-90d760f01105b9aaf1886427dbfba917\">Associated Press<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of why Moscow has begun to utilize its cyber arsenal more frequently and effectively, the narrative that its electronics systems were able to hinder an F-35\u2019s missile launch remains unverified. The Kremlin could be circulating this story to instill the belief that its cyber arsenal is more advanced than it is in the Ukrainian forces.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/centerforsecuritypolicy.org\/author\/maya-carlin\/\"><em>Maya\u00a0Carlin<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0is a Middle East Defense Editor with 19FortyFive.\u00a0She\u00a0is also an\u00a0analyst\u00a0with the\u00a0Center\u00a0for\u00a0Security\u00a0Policy\u00a0and a\u00a0former\u00a0Anna\u00a0Sobol\u00a0Levy\u00a0Fellow\u00a0at\u00a0IDC\u00a0Herzliya\u00a0in\u00a0Israel.\u00a0She\u00a0has\u00a0by-lines\u00a0in\u00a0many\u00a0publications,\u00a0including\u00a0The\u00a0National\u00a0Interest,\u00a0Jerusalem\u00a0Post, and\u00a0Times\u00a0of\u00a0Israel.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F-35 Stealth Fighters \u2018Suppressed\u2019 By Russian Electronic Warfare; Missiles Fail To Hit Target \u2013 Local Media Claims: Last month, Russian-state media widely circulated videos supposedly revealing an Israeli F-35 failing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1581382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1581302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1581302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1581382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1581302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1581302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1581302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}