The
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member s ...
E band is a designation given to the
radio frequencies from 2000 to 3000
MHz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), often described as being equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose formal expression in terms of SI base u ...
(equivalent to
wavelength
In physics and mathematics, wavelength or spatial period of a wave or periodic function is the distance over which the wave's shape repeats.
In other words, it is the distance between consecutive corresponding points of the same ''phase (waves ...
s between 15 and 10 cm) during the cold war period. Since 1992, detailed frequency allocations, allotment and assignments are in line with the
NATO Joint Civil/Military Frequency Agreement (NJFA).
However, in order to generically identify military radio spectrum requirements, e.g. for crisis management planning, training,
electronic warfare activities, radar or in military operations, the NATO band system is often used.
References
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Radio spectrum
Military equipment of NATO