Posted on 09/12/2024 3:28:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Now that all the development and initial production costs have been incurred, watch the production numbers continue to plummet, as it becomes “too expensive”.
This is how the US taxpayer continues to get screwed by the MIC.
Mothra?
BTTT
LEXX is very hungry...
(I need to get out the DVDs and watch them again.)
Rewatching now. On season 3. Lexx is indeed very hungry.
Great series.
Snazzy. Expensive. Easily seen on X-band and OTHB RADAR systems
see also https://www.iflscience.com/chinese-radar-spots-plasma-bubbles-over-the-pyramids-of-giza-75896
“There, China has built the Low lAtitude long Range Ionospheric raDar, or LARID. This is a radar system that can keep an eye on the irregularities created by plasma bubbles. Just as radio transmissions can be sent across the world by making them reflect against the plasma of the ionosphere, radar can be sent the same way. LARID’s ability is in receiving the signals back and interpreting them as the variation created by these plasma bubbles. Its detection range is a whopping 9,600 km (5,965 miles), a distance that has tripled in less than half a year as its performance has improved.”
“Beyond its scientific applications, LARID’s technology holds significant implications for military systems. China’s military has deployed over-the-horizon radars similar to LARID, which can detect stealth aircraft such as the F-22 fighter jets. These advanced radars suggest that even more sophisticated versions are being developed for defense purposes, offering higher resolution and better detection capabilities. This technology reinforces China’s efforts to strengthen national security through...”
...and the operating budget of several countries. SO WHAT? Does the air force really need to be able to destroy every single city?
It’s my understanding that even if ground radar, with potentially unlimited antenna reception, is able to detect an aircraft the limiting factor becomes the onboard radar of SAM or Air to Air missles. They may know we’re up there but if they can’t get a lock there’s little risk of intercept.
How long until cameras with AI and night vision and so forth can easily detect any aircraft no matter how small its radar cross-section? I suspect a lot of money is being poured down a hole when it comes to “stealth” aircraft.
So if you’re tracking an insect flying at several hundred mph, it’s probably not an insect...
So? Skeeters here in Alabama I think should be made the State Bird.
The article presents equivalency as . . . other countries are also building stealth aircraft.
That is not the proper rebuttal.
The proper rebuttal is “other countries have achieved or are pursuing anti-stealth technology.”
For many years now intra-pulse chirping of radar frequency with high speed return processing has deeply penetrated radar cross section numbers.
About 4 months ago the Chinese overtly said they could see stealth aircraft. The Russians have suggested it for years.
These aircraft and their price tag becomes silly against anti stealth technology.
It also floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee.
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