Posted on 05/17/2010 7:21:38 PM PDT by kress
Remember the cloaking device used by the Klingon war ships in those old Star Trek television programs? Science fiction, right?
Not any more.
Meet the Black Fox Active Adaptive IR Stealth System, created by Israeli start-up firm Eltics Ltd., a company that produces electronic warfare systems in Ashkelon. The new technology can make a helicopter, tank or ship, vanish into thin air.
Or at least, that is how it appears. The system, financed by private investors, made its debut on Channel 10 TV last week. It comes with a FLIR camera that takes a snapshot of the environment in which the unit is operating. The equipment analyzes the thermal signature of the environment, and then screens the exact same signature on to plates fitted on to the machine.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Gee, I wish we were on the same side as these guys...
LOL
kewl
That heat has to go somewhere... this looks like massive Peltier plates.. with the heat being frequency phased changed to below IR levels....
I’m thinking it would be uncomfortably hot inside a tank near the heat/IR transfer system?
Wow, I can finally get that second hand Bird of Prey I always wanted. Someone get Quark on the line!!!
Nah really that is a jaw dropper.
Wow!!!
That looks amazing! At the same time, I’m sure it will be easily countered. How ever, I’m also sure the developers will answer with improvements to defeat the counter measures. This technology, and the resulting ‘race’ will be interesting to watch.
Between this and the 122 trillion cubic feet of natural gas just discovered off their shore, it sure looks like things are going to get real interesting real quick...
Funny the tracks make them out to be original Mark 1’s
Looks like there is still much work to be done to make this technology work effectively, after reviewing the video. I’m not that impressed by what I saw.
This FLIR device cannot do that, but the Mossad might.
Don’t worry, once the back stabber in chief is gone and we’ve proven we aren’t all a bunch of perpetual fools, I’m confident the Israelis will forgive US for electing a jew hating mohammedan to the big chair.
They won’t forget, but forgive sure. After we’ve spent a few decades behaving like allies again.
You forgot to count the UAV drone flying past the column..
Not to mention the power requirements. Peltier arrays are power hogs.
qul nISwI’
BUMP for read tomorrow
They could find a way to drill sideways and tap into Saudi oil too!
Disinformation to rattle Iran?
Maybe a little "show prep" for the coming bombing mission?
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