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There Goes the Stealthiness

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Quantum Radar Can See the Stealthiest Those Darn Chinese Did It Again... China Shows Off First Quantum Radar Prototype Nov 5, 2018 Steve Trimble    |  Aerospace Daily & Defense Report * I see you, stealthy American plane/ship/missile. You surely know I'm worried about China taking the lead in  critical  fields**. This latest could be the most expensive (for us) yet, making our super-expensive stealth weapons quite visible. How Many Billions Has and Is the U.S. Spending on Stealth?  B-21 (new) F-35 B-2 F-22 F-117 QUITE A LOT, ACTUALLY.  $Billions and Billions and Billions (read "Trillions") Here's the way it works  (for "how does it work?" fans) The principle of quantum radar is well understood. The device creates a stream of entangled photons, which is then split into two streams. One of them is converted into a microwave frequency that is transmitted and reflected like ...

Why I Keep Worrying About China

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Robots.... Note:  No humans around *                                                                                        AND they broke the Guinness record for dancing robots Ok, maybe I'm a bit alarmist. Then I heard about their "quantum radar" that sees stealth airplanes quite clearly. (More on that later.) Eeeeek! * Axios ** Nerdist