The Pentagon plans to use 5G for military purposes and has already announced a tender to find innovative solutions to this problem, according to a press release from the US military.

“On September 18, the US Department of Defense announced a

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for the development of reference documentation on Dynamic Spectrum Sharing technology.

The main task is to analyze innovative solutions and technologies to ensure the sharing of radio frequency spectrum of the Department of Defense in order to accelerate the process of frequency band allocation and deployment of 5G networks, ”the US Defense Department said.

The Pentagon also stated the need to "ensure the most efficient and economical use of the radio frequency resource of the Department of Defense for the purposes of training, maintaining combat readiness and maintaining the lethality" of the US Armed Forces.

“We hope that our partners from the (telecom-. -

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) industry will come up with innovative ideas to solve the tasks set in the tender,” said Dana Disy, head of the Pentagon's information department.

“In this highly technological and competitive space, cooperation between the Department of Defense and industry is paramount.

The information received can help the whole country and will make the United States a world leader in 5G technologies for many years to come. "

The Pentagon press release also states that the main purpose of the tender is "to provide vendors with the opportunity to analyze the entire radio spectrum used by the Department of Defense in order to get an idea of ​​both potential opportunities and current trends in the use of the frequency range."

“This front of work involves evaluating all approaches to allocating radio frequency spectrum, including finding the best methods to ensure that the range is shared between members of the military and civilians,” the United States Defense Department said in a statement.

Pentagon plans

We will remind, in May, the US Department of Defense announced that it is starting to create its own prototype of the fifth generation (5G) mobile communications based on the US Air Force "Nellis" (Nevada).

Then it was about the fact that this system will be put into operation by January 2021.

It was also noted that "5G technology is critical to maintaining America's military and economic advantages."

As stated in the Pentagon, they plan to install mobile cell towers at the military base, which can be dismantled in less than an hour.

The Defense Department also said that mobile operating centers would be used during testing.

In this case, only users who are directly involved in testing will have access to the network.

  • Pentagon

  • © Joshua Roberts / Reuters

It is worth noting that the Nellis military base is the fifth site at which the Pentagon plans to create a prototype of a 5G network and subsequent testing.

The process will also involve Hill Air Force Base (Utah), Lewis McCord Military Base (Washington State), the San Diego Naval Base (California), and the Marine Corps Supply Base in Albany (Georgia ).

"To a certain degree slyness"

As military expert Alexei Leonkov recalled in an interview with RT, the Pentagon plans to transfer all of its units and control systems to 5G technology.

“In addition, the US Department of Defense wants 5G to be used in space infrastructure, which will include more than 10 thousand satellites operating on the frequencies of this technology to provide the global Internet in the interests of the Pentagon.

These satellites will have the ability to disable other similar objects, ”the analyst said.

The expert noted that such plans of the United States Department of Defense arose after the findings of the US Congressional Research Service that the capacities that exist in satellite communications, data transmission and navigation coordinates are not enough for the needs of the army.

“For this reason, the Pentagon began to peddle the topic of using 5G technology to increase the speed of data exchange at least tenfold,” Leonkov explained.

However, according to political scientist Alexander Asafov, the Pentagon "does not yet have such innovations" that would allow the American military to use 5G technologies for their own purposes.

"And the call of the US Department of Defense to representatives of the telecommunications industry to help accelerate the deployment of 5G networks is another confirmation of this," the expert said in a conversation with RT.

At the same time, Asafov assessed the likelihood of the Pentagon creating a fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication prototype by January 2021 as "not very high."

  • American military at Nellis Air Force Base

  • © Matthew B. Fredericks / US Air Force / Reuters

"The United States will invest a lot of resources in research and development, but it will take much longer to reach the final result of 5G implementation at the Pentagon," the analyst explained.

But this does not prevent the American military from declaring that they can complete everything as soon as possible, Asafov added.

“This information is issued by the US Department of Defense for ideological purposes, to prove the prospects of the American defense-industrial complex.

However, this, of course, is to a certain extent slyness, ”the expert believes.

Recall, according to the company OpenSignal, which analyzes the operation of cellular networks around the world using the mobile software of the same name, at the end of August 2020, the United States was not even included in the top ten countries with the highest-speed 5G.

At the same time, analysts agree that 5G technology will give its owners an undeniable advantage in the wars of the future.

“After all, information will be received and processed much faster, decision-making processes will be accelerated.

In addition, thanks to 5G, satellites responsible for detecting launches of ballistic missiles and hypersonic complexes will be able to process information faster and transmit it for the benefit of missile defense systems that will hit these targets, ”Leonkov said.

As Asafov explained, military equipment coupled with 5G technology "will be more sustainable and effective."

“Moreover, on the basis of this technology, more advanced models of weapons will be developed and then applied,” the expert concluded.