M&S Technique for Burn Through Range Analysis Considering Terrain Environment and Earth Curvature

Abstract

Jammers are commonly employed in electronic warfare (EW) environments. A system that can respond according to the jamming signals emitted by jammers can be developed by predicting the affected radar detection range and burn through range. In this paper, we propose an M&S technique for calculating the received power by considering the actual terrain information and the curvature of the Earth, and analyze the burn through range with the specifications of the radar and jammer. The proposed M&S technique was applied by using the specifications of the experimented actual radar, and the burn through range was analyzed for targets with various radar cross sections. It was confirmed that the burn through range from the radar decreased as the radar cross section of the target decreased, and the effective isotropic radiated power of the jammer decreased.