Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
Oh right, so J-20 (and I'm sure J-31) is more-than-just-stealth but F-22 and F-35 are just-stealth, which is why your flippant dismissal of stealth fighters applies only to F-22 and F-35 but definitely not to J-20 and J-31. Got it.
Stealth by itself is no PANACEA got it
and Yeah it has short shelve life just like your yogurt .Sooner or latter I bet sooner someone will find an antidote, Anyone who believe that 20 ton plane can disappear from sight must be believing in dream world. come to think of it somebody did HuraChina Claims Its New Anti-Stealth Radars Can Detect the F-22
If true, that's bad news.
By
Nov 11, 2016
China showed off what it claims is an anti-stealth radar system at this month's Zhuhai Air Show. If true, the radar threatens to undo hundreds of billions in U.S. spending on stealth warplanes.
China showed off two anti-stealth radars at Zhuhai. The first, the JY-27A 3-D long-range surveillance/guidance radar, is a Very High Frequency (VHF) radar that, , is the Chinese military's first active-phased array radar. VHF radars, with their longer wavelengths, are more likely to detect stealth aircraft, and it's been known that China has been working on them for some time now.
Phased-array radars, unlike traditional "dish" radars, are flat panels composed of hundreds of smaller transmit/receive panels. While traditional radars are like turning on a flashlight in a dark room—everyone can see where the beam of light is coming from—phased array radars are more difficult to detect. They're also less susceptible to jamming.
The article states "There are unverified claims that the radar can pick up hostile stealth fighters at ranges of up to 500km (310 miles.)" If so, that would out-stick American stealth aircraft, revealing them before they could get into a fight.
Another anti-stealth radar on display at Zhuhai was the JY-26 Skywatcher-U. This radar works in a broader bandwidth, in VHF and Ultra-High Frequency bands. According to Shephard Media, it has a range of 310 miles and can track up to 500 targets at once. Intriguingly, it claims that while under development in Shandong, China it was able to track American F-22 Raptors flying over South Korea.
