China Develops Stealth Feature on Regular Jet, wants to rival US ?
Beijing - China's military is experimenting with developing a new stealth technology to allow the feature to be combined on their regular fighter jet, said one of the scientists involved in the project.
If successful, the project called will be a far-reaching leap forward for the combat capability of China's regular military jet fighter squadron. Similarly, as reported by The South China Morning Post (25/4/2018).
The project experimented with adding a layer of 'metamaterial' on the body of a regular fighter jet.
'Metamaterial' is a layer made of microscopic structured materials - such as in electrical equipment circuits.
The layer, if activated, is capable of reflecting and deceptive satellite radio waves used for military radical imaging.
If it works well, the jet coated with the material can be difficult or even undetectable on the opponent's military radar screen - making it a demon.
Metamaterial was developed by a team of researchers at the State Key Laboratory of Millimetre Waves, Southeast University, in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It is a leading research institute in China engaged in metamaterial research for military applications.
The technology is being tested on a fighter jet at a major military aircraft base in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, the scientists involved in the project said.
Researchers refused to mention the location of the test or the aircraft. However, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation in Shenyang - a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corporation of China - is known to have made non-stealth fighter jets, including J-11 and J-15.
Other countries, especially the United States, have also been heavily involved in research and development of similar projects. However, apart from China, so far there has been no public report on the application of such metamaterial layers abroad.
In China, the government has funded dozens of research teams over the years to develop technology to hide objects from view and make them 'disappear'.
This latest report shows that they are beginning to develop mass metamaterial use in the Bamboo Curtain Country.
"This is the beginning." Advanced applications are in progress, "the scientist said without elaborating.
Not Sure To Succeed
It is not clear what type of device is being used in Shenyang or how close the technology is to practical use.
Han Yiping, director of applied physics at Xidian University - an ex-institute of military engineering - says that metamaterial alone can not hide aircraft from radar.
Stealth aircraft rely on a variety of tactics, including aerodynamic design, low reflections and ionized cloak particles, in order to fly undetected, Han said.
He said, metamaterial is also very difficult to mass produced. Manufacturers must also pay attention to the power of toughness.
The technology must withstand the heat and battle shocks. In addition, some features of the aircraft function must also be sacrificed to improve the reliability of that technology.
On the other hand, some scientists actually mention that metamaterial technology is actually still far from kapabel to be applied to military alutsista.
"There is still much that needs to be developed for that technology," said scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Despite the success of the technology, China itself is reported to have about 20 J-20 stealth fighter jets and about 1,500 other types of regular combat aircraft ready to operate, said some overseas monitoring firm estimates.
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