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The United States has poured ten of billions of dollars into developing fifth-generation stealth fighters such as the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. However, relatively simple signal processing enhancements, combined with a missile with a large warhead and its own terminal guidance system, could potentially allow low-frequency radars and such weapons systems to target and fire on the latest generation U.S. aircraft.
It is a well-known fact within Pentagon and industry circles that low-frequency radars operating in the VHF and UHF bands can detect and track low-observable aircraft. It has generally been held that such radars can’t guide a missile onto a target—i.e. generate a “weapons quality” track. But that is not exactly correct—there are ways to get around the problem according to some experts.
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WNU Editor: Hmmmm .... it looks like this plane is easier to kill than what they are telling us.
Umm you shoot something at..duh
ReplyDeletePerhaps in the final analysis it will come down to who has the most units either aggressive or defensive wins/survives. Once the satellites are out the technological advantage will be gone.
ReplyDeleteDuring the London Olympics, BAE debued a "passive" radar air defence system.
DeleteRadar was origionally discovered when a British scientist noted that commercial flights out of his local airport, caused interference in his BBC radio reception.
The BAE system basically uses a large array of different antenna's and computers to "map" and create a 3D model of the local EM transmissions. Any aircraft transiting through that "map" creates a void that generates size, altitude and direction vectors.