Dave Majumdar, National Interest: Revealed: China's Radars Can Track America's Stealth F-22 Raptor
State-run Chinese media is claiming that the People’s Liberation Army has been able to track the U.S. Air Force’s Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighters over the East China Sea. While the Chinese report might be easily dismissed as propaganda—it is not beyond the realm of possibility. In fact—it’s very possible that China can track the Raptor. Stealth is not a cloak of invisibility, after all. Stealth technology simply delays detection and tracking.
First off, if a Raptor is carrying external fuel tanks—as it often does during “ferry missions”—it is not in a stealth configuration. Moreover, the aircraft is often fitted with a Luneburg lens device on its ventral side during peacetime operations that enhances its cross section on radar.
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WNU Editor: And stealth is the reason why the U.S. is spending billions on the F-35.
4 comments:
Bluster. If China actually had this capability, they would be very stupid to confirm it.
Stealth is like aggro radius.
If you understand that you understand how to use it.
Is it as simple as a low frequency long wave length radar?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Um0VCH3Z044
Yes, and no.
While long wavelength radars can detect "stealth" aircraft, long wavelength radars provide poor beam paths with which to guide missiles to a hit.
But as the article notes, the Russians and Chinese solved that problem several years ago.
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