Posted on 09/26/2006 1:56:45 AM PDT by Republicain
Japan's Defense Agency plans to develop a new missile system for its fighter jets that would be able to target aircraft and ships without emitting radio waves that could be detected by an enemy, an agency spokesman said yesterday.
The Defense Agency will begin three years of research starting next year to develop the new system, spokesman Hirokazu Shirota said.
Existing weapon systems such as those installed on F-15 fighter jets emit radio waves at targets and then monitor the way in which they are reflected back, but enemy forces can also monitor such waves and detect their source, Shirota said.
The new system would not emit radio waves itself, but would use a receiver that can pick up a wide range of radio frequencies and deduce which ones are being emitted from a potential target, he said.
The Defense Agency plans to add ?1.8 billion (US$15.4 million) for research to its budget request for the 2007 fiscal year to pay for the system, he said.
Wow. Who'd a thot? An ELINT/SIGINT system for target acquisition.
Hard to believe this is 'new'.
Lockheed/Martin does it better ;-p
Northrop Grumman does it even better.
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Hey, welcome to this century, Shirota-Kun! This news is so old that we had an acronym for it -- even before your predecessors sneaked up on Pearl Harbor:
Lockmart gets PAID better ;-p
Actually, no one beats Grumman at design. Lockmart is better at the beltway bandit gig.
Bump!
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