Anything that can reliably identify you in combat, is a homing beacon for any enemy. Even if you have to "light yourself up", that can be done with disposable

Anything that can reliably identify you in combat, is a homing beacon for any enemy. Even if you have to "light yourself up", that can be done with disposable drones, and then strike at the targets. Thus, you will have to reduce battlefield id systems the more sophisticated a enemies technology becomes.