Experimental German Radar 'Tracked Two U.S. F-35 Stealth Jet For 100 Miles'

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Daily Mail: Experimental German radar 'tracked two U.S. F-35 stealth jet for 100 MILES' after lying in wait on a pony farm to catch them flying home from airshow

* Radar is designed with sensors and processors capable of tracking F-35 jets
* It works observing electromagnetic emissions in the atmosphere
* Then it will read how signals are bouncing off airborne objects
* German radar maker said the system tracked two US jets for nearly 100 miles

The F-35 stealth fighter is lauded by the U.S Air Force as almost invisible to radar - which is why it has spent $100million on each of the jets.

However, a German radar maker claims to have tracked two of jets from a pony farm for nearly 100 miles using an emerging generation of sensors and processors.

It used a new 'passive radar' system that analyzes how civilian communications - such as radio and TV broadcasts and mobile phone stations - bounce off airborne objects.

This, the firm says, renders the jet's stealth technology, that is designed to absorb ground based radar to stop it reflecting back, redundant.

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