ABSTRACT
"Struggle" brings to mind a wider view than just military matters. It should, for ideologues of various persuasions call it their own. The ideological roots of radioelectronic combat are nourished by a soil of intangible foes. In the ether, the enemy presents an invisible but nevertheless very real face. Radio waves penetrate borders with impunity, and that scares Communists. The Soviets openly express their fear of the potential threat from foreign broadcasting stations. In this they show a sharp contrast to Western attitudes. More than coincidence is involved in the similarities between the titles of "Piracy on the Airwaves," an article on the alleged misdeeds of Western broadcasters, and of "Confrontation on the Airwaves," devoted to Western EW. Only a short logical trail, recognizing the Soviet premise of "ideological sabotage," leads from their moves to curb the broadcasting threat to the creation of radioelectronic combat in its form.
