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Long-Wave Radar Can Take the Stealth From Stealth Technology

AbrasiveCat (999190) writes "In the continuing game of cat and mouse between offensive and defensive technologies of war, the technology of radar stealth may have been matched by new multiple frequency radar systems. U.S Naval Institute News reports the Chinese and Russians may be developing such systems. The present radar systems use high frequency waves for accurately locating an incoming target. Stealth aircraft are designed to adsorb or reflect these waves away from the receiver. It turns out longer wave radars can see the stealth aircraft. The longer wave radar lacks the precision of the high frequency radar, but when the two are combined, as the Russians, Chinese (and U.S.) are doing, you can produce accurate targeting radar. The F117 may have been in a golden age for stealth technology, it will be interesting to see if the F35 arrives too late to be effective against other countries with advanced radar systems."

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  1. Semicolon by bluefoxlucid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Last sentence. Semicolon, not comma.

  2. Re:Might cause a re-thinking of the F-35 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You fucking PC types. After I've finally figured out what the "L", "G", and "B" mean, then they added a "T". Next thing, before I know it, they add a "Q", which confuses the hell out of me because back in the day, it was considered ill-mannered of one to call someone that "Q"-word. NOW, you go and add a "W". What the hell does "W" mean????