On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 17:10:20 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

If it weren't for "fancy software," nobody could have even operated
"old" jamming tech. Pretty much everything since 1970 has relied on
computing power to handle the actual work when it comes to ECM, and the
operator does larger-scale management.

The computing power on B-52H ECM up to the early 80's when I retired
was still mostly the EWO. SAC wasn't exactly a leader in ECM
technology..

Modern systems have to handle
dozens of threats within a few seconds, and there's just no way in hell
someone could do that manually.

When it comes to ECM, it's computer versus computer. Hell, automatic
chaff and flare dispensing has been available for a long time...