Might better electronic warfare capabilities and high-tech decoys be the answer? Stealth fighters, bombers, and drones are without question here to stay. However, many have expressed concern that less stealthy or highly maneuverable aircraft are only truly deployable in uncontested environments due to their potential vulnerability to modern air defenses. However, what if larger, potentially more vulnerable platforms such as a B-52 bomber or P-8 Poseidon submarine-hunting plane were somehow able to better protect themselves from attack by technologically sophisticated weapons? A solution might be found in the emergence and imminent deployment of a new decoy “jammer” designed to trail behind large aircraft to divert and thwart, jam, or even intercept enemy missile attacks. The U.S. Navy just awarded a new, fast-turnaround deal to BAE Systems for the AN/ALE-55 fiber-optic decoy jammer for its Poseidon submarine-hunting aircraft, called the Radio Frequency Countermeasure (RFCM).