China mass producing quantum radars to track US stealth jets (interestingengineering.com)
from yogthos@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.ml on 17 Oct 21:33
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sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works on 17 Oct 21:58 next collapse

for people like me wondering, what’s a quantum radar:

They send out photons whose quantum properties changes once they hit the stealth aircraft.

Once the single unit photons reach the radar after hitting the stealth aircraft, they are studied, thereby revealing the position of the stealth jets.

so far all the information we have (from the article) beings with “China claims”

I call bs and propaganda campaign but will see.

yogthos@lemmy.ml on 17 Oct 22:14 next collapse

I love how these threads always have free flowing copium in them.

zifk@sh.itjust.works on 18 Oct 03:04 collapse

The article literally only says they’ve developed a new photon detecting device, not a quantum radar system. This isn’t news.

thru_dangers_untold@lemmy.ml on 17 Oct 22:27 next collapse

That description is vague enough to include normal radar.

GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works on 19 Oct 02:09 collapse

This article essentually summarizes a report from China but doesn’t give the report’s title, authors, or web link. This whole article is hearsay without providing the source material.

Also, why does it read like it was written by a middle schooler with zero technical understanding? You’d expect better quality from a website named “Interesting Engineering.”

“They send out photons whose quantum properties changes once they hit the stealth aircraft. This means that even the false signals generated by the aircraft would not be able to match the properties of the photons emitted by quantum radars.”

Like, what does that even mean? I would check the source material, but I can’t because we’re not told what it is.

Is all journalism this bad these days?

dubyakay@lemmy.ca on 19 Oct 14:49 collapse

We all know that China developed the better stealth tech. This must go hand in hand with better stealth detection as well.