Dette er veldig kjent territorium for våre P-3`er. Orion har ikke på langt nær de samme mulighetene for ELINT som Rivet Joint har. P-8 som overtar for Orion, vil neppe heller kunne dekke de samme frekvensområder etc. som denne maskinen kan.
Som du skjønner er ikke artikkelen under fra i dag, men fra den 21. (Red.)
The
aircraft, tail number ‘ZZ666’ and flying under ‘RRR7223’ was refuelled this
morning in the North Sea by a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Refueller out of RAF
Mildenhall before flying over Norway and then down to the Kola Peninsula, just
off Murmansk.
That the
Royal Air Force chose to make the aircraft visible on commercial tracking
services like that shown above sends a very clear message.
It should be
noted, by the way, that the aircraft is in international airspace.
Why are we
reporting this? Well, aside from the above, it’s important for people to see
theat aircraft like this are in near-constant use rather than gathering dust in
a hangar.
The West
does this to Russia, Russia does this to the West.
FILE PHOTO: RAF RC-135 touches down.
What does the RC-135W do?
According to the Royal Air Force website, the RC-135W Rivet Joint
is a dedicated ‘signals intelligence’ electronic surveillance aircraft that can
be employed in all theatres on strategic and tactical missions. Its sensors
‘soak up’ electronic emissions from communications, radar and other systems.
“RC-135W Rivet Joint employs multidiscipline
Weapons System Officer (WSO) and Weapons System Operator (WSOp) specialists
whose mission is to survey elements of the electromagnetic spectrum in order to
derive intelligence for commanders.”
The Royal
Air Force say that Rivet Joint has been deployed extensively for Operation
Shader and on other operational taskings. It had been formally named Airseeker,
but is almost universally known in service as the RC-135W Rivet Joint.
The UK
operates three of these aircraft.
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