The painted ponies go up and down: riding the European EW carousel. (electronic warfare) From: Journal of Electronic Defense | Date: August 1, 1992| Author: Streetly, Martin | COPYRIGHT 1992 Horizon House Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In the face of the end of the Cold War, global economic recession and the political scrambling to capitalize on the "peace dividend," it is tempting to conclude that the first six months of 1992 would be a period of doom and gloom for Europe's electronic warfare (EW) industry. While it is true that money and new starts are in short supply, the analogy of the fairground carousel horse is more accurate: sometimes up, sometimes down, but still moving forward.

Indeed, the tu...