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Why DARPA Thinks Stealth Is Obsolete in Future Wars

14 points by nradov 1y ago

Terr_ 1y ago
> The U.S. can now employ quantum sensing to see stealthy opponents This links to a defense-contractor marketing page, and it's triggering my fluff/oversold/BS sensors. I was originally expecting to see something about detecting the stealth aircraft because the now-noisier sky behind them is being occluded. [0] [0] https://avweb.com/aviation-news/analyzing-interference-in-satellite-beams-could-detect-stealth-military-aircraft/ https://avweb.com/aviation-news/analyzing-interference-in-sa...
- aaron695 1y ago
  > > The U.S. can now employ quantum sensing to see stealthy opponents Everything in the article is garbage and doesn't represent what Rob McHenry said. As you can see in the video for yourself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLYgv5h23bc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLYgv5h23bc What Rob McHenry does say in the video is also garbage, stunningly wrong, the video is a waste of time don't watch it. I too thought it would be about the many ways the abundance of tech is killing stealth. Radar can see stealth planes, it's just not as good, and can be bombed, but cheap tech means you can install lots of them. Many solutions exist that might be viable as tech gets cheaper and computers can process the data to make stealth redundant.
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ivandenysov 1y ago
I stopped reading at “If you emit a kilowatt of energy”.
- rcxdude 1y ago
  how much energy do you think a jet emits?
  - archerx 1y ago
    Depends on the throttle. 0 to afterburn.
  - nicman23 1y ago
    probably more than tens of kW
  - chgs 1y ago
    Mega joules not watts. It may emit a kilowatt of power. Or many kilowatts. The misuse of energy when power was meant suggests other inaccuracies.
    - ivandenysov 1y ago
      Thank you, this is exactly what I was implying
mikewarot 1y ago
Quantum sensing is a great smokescreen to cover up advances in passive radar, the ability to deploy thousands of cheap networked sensors and the like, and the dramatic drop in the cost of compute to tie it all together.

14 points by nradov 1y ago

> The U.S. can now employ quantum sensing to see stealthy opponents This links to a defense-contractor marketing page, and it's triggering my fluff/oversold/BS sensors. I was originally expecting to see something about detecting the stealth aircraft because the now-noisier sky behind them is being occluded. [0] [0] https://avweb.com/aviation-news/analyzing-interference-in-satellite-beams-could-detect-stealth-military-aircraft/ https://avweb.com/aviation-news/analyzing-interference-in-sa...

aaron695 1y ago
> > The U.S. can now employ quantum sensing to see stealthy opponents Everything in the article is garbage and doesn't represent what Rob McHenry said. As you can see in the video for yourself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLYgv5h23bc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLYgv5h23bc What Rob McHenry does say in the video is also garbage, stunningly wrong, the video is a waste of time don't watch it. I too thought it would be about the many ways the abundance of tech is killing stealth. Radar can see stealth planes, it's just not as good, and can be bombed, but cheap tech means you can install lots of them. Many solutions exist that might be viable as tech gets cheaper and computers can process the data to make stealth redundant.

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ivandenysov 1y ago

I stopped reading at “If you emit a kilowatt of energy”.

rcxdude 1y ago
how much energy do you think a jet emits?
- archerx 1y ago
  Depends on the throttle. 0 to afterburn.
- nicman23 1y ago
  probably more than tens of kW
- chgs 1y ago
  Mega joules not watts. It may emit a kilowatt of power. Or many kilowatts. The misuse of energy when power was meant suggests other inaccuracies.
  - ivandenysov 1y ago
    Thank you, this is exactly what I was implying

mikewarot 1y ago

Quantum sensing is a great smokescreen to cover up advances in passive radar, the ability to deploy thousands of cheap networked sensors and the like, and the dramatic drop in the cost of compute to tie it all together.