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vincent81
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Anyone know how does the stealth technology work?
Anyone know how does the stealth technology work?
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The discussion revolves around the workings of stealth technology, specifically in military applications such as stealth bombers and potential stealth suits for troops. Participants explore both the principles of radar evasion in aircraft and the concept of invisibility in relation to human wearables.
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Main Points Raised
- One participant describes how stealth bombers utilize specific geometries to reflect radar waves away from their source, allowing for reduced radar detection, particularly in the F-117 and B-2 bombers.
- Another participant mentions that stealth technology does not render aircraft invisible to radar but instead reduces their effective range and allows them to navigate through gaps in radar coverage.
- A different participant shifts the focus to research on stealth suits intended to make soldiers invisible, prompting questions about the nature of invisibility itself.
- One participant proposes a concept involving pinhole cameras and projection technology for invisibility, noting the limitations of current prototypes, including low resolution and heat issues.
- Another participant references the Philadelphia Experiment, suggesting a controversial idea of using magnetic fields to warp light, although this is framed as a conspiracy theory.
Areas of Agreement / Disagreement
Participants express differing views on the nature of stealth technology and invisibility, with no consensus reached on the feasibility of invisibility or the effectiveness of current stealth technologies.
Contextual Notes
Participants discuss various assumptions about radar technology, the effectiveness of stealth designs, and the limitations of proposed invisibility technologies without resolving these complexities.
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lnx990
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im assuming your talking about the stealth bombers and such. Wot happens is they found out that certain angles reflect radar waves (witch work similar to sonar). So the idea is to create an air craft that has a geometry that allows it to reflect radar away from the source while still allowing it to be arodynamic enough to fly. This is how its done in the F-117. In the B-2 bomber they use a technology called continuous curvature. I am not really sure how that works. However, stealth tech does not make them invisible to radar. Wot it does is reduce the effective range of radar. When other countries "lay down" rader defences they have them overlap a little bit. But since there is stealth, it allows a plane the traverse through "gaps" in the radar coverage that don't exist for other planes.
...if that made no sense i made a rough diagram as to wot I am talking about.
...if that made no sense i made a rough diagram as to wot I am talking about.
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vincent81
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i was referring to US research on stealth suit to make their troops invisible.
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vincent81
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what makes something invisible?
Is invisibility possible?
Is invisibility possible?
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lnx990
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o ok, my bad. yeah, they have been doing research into a suit that has pin hole cameras pointing out and then projects the image it sees on the other side. There are obvious flaws to this idea. There was a working prototype, however, it was very very low res with a pixle a couple of inched in diameter. the effect that was created was slightly better than that of camo fatigues. Though, you still need to address the heat generated from both the body and the suit. I heard about something called the Philadelphia experiment. THe idea (or controversy) was to use magnetic fields to warp light around the ship effectivly creating a "bubble" in witch no light got in or out. but that's just a conspiracy.
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