Submitted 10 months ago by MakunaHatata@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world
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.
[USA]
Chinese Invisible fighter jet? At this time of year! At this time of day! In this part of the world! Localized entirely within your Country?!?
[China]
Yes.
[USA]
May I see it?
[China]
No.
This is vaguely ringing a bell. What’s the reference?
Steamed Hams! That’s what I call hamburgers. It’s a regional dialect.
Like the kings clothes
SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Bet they shine like the noon sun in IR though
teft@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Knowing the Chinese tendency to
liemassage the truth this thing is probably only radar transparent in one frequency and lit up like a beacon in all other frequencies.subverted_per@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
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.