# Electronic Support Should Find Threat Emissions for Recognition and Targeting by USSOCOM
> "Electronic Warfare - Electromagnetic Support (ES): High bandwidth, fast tuning, high dynamic range with ultra-low receiver technologies that search, intercept, identify, and locate intentional and unintentional electromagnetic energy for the purpose of threat recognition, targeting, planning, and conduct of future operations."
> **— USSOCOM**, *accessed September 23, 2026, USSOCOM Capability Areas of Interest*
## Sources and Context
- **Direct official source and complete contiguous wording:** [USSOCOM Capability Areas of Interest](https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/capability_AOI.aspx) — USSOCOM describes the sensing chain from electromagnetic search and interception to threat recognition and targeting.
- **Routing classification:** CT-enabling public SOF requirement. This label describes the quotation's relationship to the counterterrorism technology stack; it does not alter the speaker's wording or claim that every cited system has a direct counterterrorism mission.
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## Related Topics
- [[wiki/USSOCOM Technical Experimentation Events|USSOCOM Technical Experimentation Events]]
- [[wiki/SOF Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics|SOF Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics]]
- [[wiki/United States Special Operations Command|United States Special Operations Command]]
- [[wiki/Electronic Warfare|Electronic Warfare]]
- [[wiki/Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations|Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations]]
- [[wiki/Cognitive Electronic Warfare|Cognitive Electronic Warfare]]
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"Electronic Warfare - Electromagnetic Support (ES): High bandwidth, fast tuning, high dynamic range with ultra-low receiver technologies that search, intercept, identify, and locate intentional and unintentional electromagnetic energy for the purpose of threat recognition, targeting, planning, and conduct of future operations."
— USSOCOM, accessed September 23, 2026, USSOCOM Capability Areas of Interest
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