From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Tony Williams wrote:
> Adam > wrote:
>
>> Tony Williams wrote:
>>
>>> Adam > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Oh &:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.spacedaily.com/news/uav-05zzzzzt.html
>>>>
>>>> & the russkis have a very cleaver bit of typical russian tech:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/10/19/stealth.shtml
>>>>
>>>
>>>> The generator is small and light. The device emits powerful electron
>>>> beams that ionize the air around the aircraft effectively creating a
>>>> plasma cloud around it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Someone's been watching "The Matrix" ...
>>
>>
>> If it works then billions of dollars will have to be spent on Air
>> defence systems.
>>
>> take a sunburn missile.....shove this on it....
>>
>> Now flog em to the Iranians....
>
>
> Yep, that's why it's called an arms race. If radar can't see through
> this stealth then another way will be needed, maybe ladar if it can be
> made to work at a reasonable distance. Plus, I can't help wondering if
> that plasma field has some effect on the aerodynamics of a craft which
> could turn out to be useful.
>

Yup & the arms race is about to kick off again the coz the dominant
power has a shedload of very expensive but obsolete equipment. Same as 1900
> 1945 in Naval warfare.

Dreadnought & the aircraft carrier. If yu had lots of pre-dreadnoughts
then...so? If you had lots of battleships when a/c carriers came along
then...so?

This is one of those moments & India, the PRC, Russia et al will be
able to keep some sort of parity with the US fairly easily.

I wonder when we are going to get a Washington Treaty for stealth UCAV'es
& then who will play the part of Japan & indeed who will get to
play the part of the US then (i.e. achieve parity with the former front
runner).

Adam

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