Vladimir Putin’s machismo rhetoric is well-documented. Shows of strength and tough-talk are part and parcel of an anti-Western Russian foreign policy premised on Cold War-era sentiments. In a recent propaganda video released by the Russian state-run media, this aggressive posturing was on full-display. Claiming that it could realistically disable America’s entire military with a single “electronic bomb,” the Kremlin’s news “reporters” boasted about the Russian military’s ability to de-weaponize U.S. missiles, warplanes, and ships with electronic jamming signals.
“Today, our Russian Electronic Warfare (REW) troops can detect and neutralize any target from a ship’s system and a radar, to a satellite,” said a state-sponsored newscaster.
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