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China's latest stealth tech promises invisible fighter jets, says report (interestingengineering.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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New plasma stealth device targets specific areas, not entire aircraft.

According to a recent report from the South China Morning Post, Chinese scientists and engineers claim to have developed a plasma stealth device for military aircraft that is capable of rendering nearly any such aircraft undetectable by radar.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Knowing the Chinese tendency to ~~lie~~ massage the truth this thing is probably only radar transparent in one frequency and lit up like a beacon in all other frequencies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Well yeah, that was my first thought. They coat a part of the plane with a radioactive isotope. It would have to be a lot of the stuff to ionize enough air around the part to hide it from radar. Considering that the plane is flying, and the air around it doesn't sit still I would guess that in certain frequencies it would be bright as the sun. If this thing works as stated I wouldn't get close to that thing without a decent amount of concrete between us.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Who wants to volunteer to pilot the cancer plane?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's like the Voyager episode, when the plane stops two lizards crawl out and mate in a nearby pond

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Then abandon their offspring, complying with the One Child Policy.