Traditional jamming differs from systems that project signatures or apparent force concentrations in the wrong place. Emission control can make a ship harder to classify, while platforms such as the EA-18G Growler can add deceptive contacts rather than simply obscuring a radar screen. Satellites and reconnaissance aircraft still have finite coverage, predictable movement, and limited analytical capacity. A navy can therefore conceal action by flooding the observer's decision loop with more plausible information than it can confidently sort.
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Modern deception hides inside too much information
Electronic warfare can suppress emissions, imitate other forces, and overload surveillance systems with plausible contacts rather than simply denying data.