Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
The United States can’t just.
Switch off the U.S.-designed.
Lockheed Martin.
F-16 fighters.
That are re-equipping.
The ‘elves’ air force.
But the administration.
Of the U.S. President.
Has halted U.S. aid.
To Ukraine.
Including vital support for.
The F-16s’ radar jammers.
‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty in his place again.’
That could deprive.
The ‘elves’ air force of.
Its most important.
Aerial countermeasures.
At a critical moment.
In ‘orcs’ three-year wider war.
On Ukraine.
But the ‘elves’ aren’t powerless.
But the ‘elves’ aren’t powerless.
—and they still have allies.
—and they still have allies.
They could shift.
The burden of.
Aerial jamming onto.
The Dassault Mirage 2000 fighters.
They’re getting from France.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
A consortium of.
European countries.
—Denmark, the Netherlands.
Norway and Belgium—
Pledged 85.
flyable F-16s.
to Ukraine.
Back in 2023;
The first 18 or so.
Have arrived and.
One has crashed.
Possibly after being.
One has crashed.
Possibly after being.
Mistakenly targeted by.
An ‘elves’ missile battery.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
The nimble, supersonic fighters.
Enjoyed strong U.S. support.
Under the administration of.
The former U.S. President.
The Americans helped.
Train pilots.
Provided spare parts.
And munitions.
And also assigned.
A U.S. Air Force team.
To program.
The F-16s’ underbelly.
To program.
The F-16s’ underbelly.
AN/ALQ-131.
Electronic countermeasures pods.
The AN/ALQ-131.
Is a new and.
Critical capability.
For the ‘elves’ air force.
Which entered the wider war.
In February 2022.
Without significant.
Aerial jammers.
That exposed ‘elves’ jets.
To withering ‘orcs’ missile fire.
—and resulted in.
Heavy losses early on.
The ‘elves’ have written off.
Nearly 100 jets.
Many of them in the chaotic.
Early weeks of the wider ‘orcs’ invasion.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
‘Elves’ F-16s are.
Much better-equipped than.
The country’s pre-war force.
Of ex-Soviet MiG.
The country’s pre-war force.
Of ex-Soviet MiG.
And Sukhoi fighters.
—and much more capable.
—and much more capable.
Of protecting themselves.
And nearby jets.
From ‘orcs’ air defenses.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
In addition to.
The AN/ALQ-131s.
The F-16s have the option.
Of carrying.
The Pylon Integrated Dispensing System.
And the Electronic Combat.
Integrated Pylon Systems:
PIDS and ECIPS.
PIDS ejects.
Metal chaff and.
Hot-burning flares.
To spoof incoming radar.
And infrared-guided.
Anti-aircraft missiles.
ECIPS houses.
Passive defenses to complement.
The active chaff and flares.
Including the AN/ALQ-162 jammer.
For defeating.
Radars on the ground.
As well as an AN/AAR-60.
Missile warning system.
For triggering.
The defenses.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
The AN/ALQ-131.
In particular can.
“Give you a pocket.
Of air superiority.”
“For a moment’s time.
To achieve an objective.
That has strategic importance.
And impact,” was explained.
The ‘elves’ air force.
Has been taking.
Full advantage.
Full advantage.
Of the AN/ALQ-131-equipped.
F-16s’ ability.
To fill ‘orcs’ radar screens.
With electronic noise.
“They act as ‘flying air defense’.
With advanced missile.
Warning tech.”
One analysis group noted.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
But the ‘orcs’ air force.
Could sidestep the jamming.
By reprogramming their radars.
To operate.
At slightly different frequencies.
Under the former U.S. President.
The USAF team.
Might’ve kept pace.
With ‘orcs’ adaptation.
By constantly adjusting.
The AN/ALQ-131s.
Own frequencies.
Under the current President.
‘Elves’ airmen are stuck.
With pods whose programming.
May soon be out of date.
‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Fortunately for.
The ‘elves’ air force.
The surplus Mirage 2000s.
France is donating to the service.
Come with their own.
Powerful jammers.
—and no Americans are involved.
In their programming.
France may ultimately.
France may ultimately.
Transfer dozens of.
The supersonic Mirage 2000s;
The first half-dozen or so.
Are already flying missions.
Are already flying missions.
In Ukraine.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
In French air force service.
The Mirage 2000-5F flies.
with a combination of.
A Serval radar warning receiver.
A Sabre jammer and.
An Eclair chaff and flare dispenser.
This electronic countermeasures suite.
Was on the cutting edge.
Of aerial warfare.
In the 1980s.
But began to fall behind.
A generation later.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Recognizing this weakness.
And appreciating the seriousness.
Of the ‘orcs’ missile.
Threat over Ukraine.
The French defense ministry.
Promised to install.
New electronic countermeasures.
In the Mirage 2000s.
Before transferring them.
To Ukraine.
It’s likely the ministry was.
Referring to the mostly analogue.
Referring to the mostly analogue.
Integrated Countermeasures Suite Mark 2.
Or the fully digital.
Integrated Countermeasures Suite Mark 3.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Either installation.
Is an improvement.
Compared to the old.
Serval-Sabre-Eclair combo.
—and a potential replacement.
For the AN/ALQ-131s.
As the American pods fall.
Behind ‘orcs’ adaptation.
Where the Americans.
Increasingly align with.
‘Orcs’ interests.
The French remain steadfast allies.
Of free and democratic Ukraine.
—and should be available to.
Reprogram the jamming systems.
As necessary.
‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty in his place again.’
Longer term.
The ‘elves’ could refit.
Their F-16s with non-American.
Electronic countermeasures.
The Belgians did.
Something similar.
Back in the 1990s.
So it’s not impossible.
But it might require.
Time and money.
Time and money.
Ukraine can’t afford.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
*Because I read “France To The Rescue! French-Made Mirage 2000 Jets Could Become Ukraine’s Most Important Aerial Radar Jammers” by David Axe on 7 Mar 2025 on the Forbes, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, led by ‘KING LEAR’ written by William Shakespeare and ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Mirage 2000s Could Become Kyiv’s Most Important Aerial Radar Jammers
