According to foreign media reports, the French navy is developing a new generation of electronic warfare system to deal with the multi-faceted anti-ship threat. Relevant people said that the French navy's move was aimed at building a multi-layer defense mechanism, strengthening its ship's anti-interference ability in complex electromagnetic environment, and protecting its fleet from nearby and long-range fire. With the development and installation of new anti-ship weapons, the anti-ship strength of many countries has greatly increased. At the same time, the risks faced by ships are also gradually increasing. The French navy claims that its current defense technology is insufficient to deal with the threat of anti-ship missiles. Therefore, on the basis of existing shipborne air defense weapons and other hard kill systems, the French navy will adopt a variety of soft kill technologies, including electronic countermeasures, to help ships quickly identify, track or deter potential threats and protect them from attack. This includes a new generation of decoy jamming device and electronic jamming technology. According to relevant sources, several French defense companies are stepping up research on decoy jamming devices, including UAV active outboard decoy, new generation "Dagai" decoy launcher system, etc. Several French defense companies are conducting a feasibility study to try to use multi rotor UAVs embedded with electronic jammers as anti-ship missile decoys to confuse the enemy. The new generation "Dagai" electronic warfare decoy transmitter system manufactured by Safran Electronics and National Defense Company launches various short-range, medium range and long-range decoys by selecting infrared, radar and other transmitters to help ships track incoming missiles more quickly and easily. In addition, the French navy has also improved the existing electronic warfare system by introducing artificial intelligence technology into the electronic warfare system to process increasing data, ensure the reliability of each module in the complex electromagnetic environment, and enable the navy to respond faster in the early detection phase. With the development of information technology, electronic warfare has gradually become the key element of modern warfare. The French navy vigorously develops electronic warfare capabilities. On the one hand, it hopes to improve the ship's defense capability and survivability by developing electronic warfare systems and related equipment, and on the other hand, it hopes to further explore modern electronic warfare technologies. In recent years, France has taken frequent actions in the military field. It has not only updated the existing naval weapons and equipment, but also launched the plan to build a new generation of nuclear powered aircraft carrier, seeking to build a modern and information-based naval fleet, and the fleet's ocean going viability is the top priority. The French navy believes that in the future battlefield, electronic warfare will largely dominate the outcome of the war. The integration of electronic warfare capability is an important part of the French navy's major upgrade, which aims to improve the fleet's defense capability and ocean survival capability. However, analysts said that France still has many weaknesses in military budget, troop size and weapons and equipment research and development, such as small economy and long procurement cycle of weapons and equipment. At the same time, in the modern battlefield environment, it is still unknown whether the new generation of French electronic warfare system can cope with attacks from supersonic, hypersonic missiles and other "carrier killers". Above: The French navy's Huayue class frigate is equipped with the Dagai electronic warfare decoy launcher system. (Liu Xinshe)