The f-35 is an impressive aircraft. It's got a lot of bells and whistles and a heck of an advanced computer system
And of course its most popular feature is most likely its stealth
Capabilities the fighter that America rants and raves about however may not really be that great anymore
Hey everybody. How you doing? Dave Walpole here and welcome to FTD facts now
Today, we're gonna talk about a very up in the air issue and that hatch that didn't mean that as a pun
I literally just meant because it's being talked about a lot and that is how China has
Basically stated that it has the ability to counter the stealth abilities
in the f-22 the b-2 bomber and the
F-35 let's find out how they could do this and whether or not this is true or not
So recently there's been a lot of things going on with the f-35 and China
Yeah, a lot of stuff in the media. For example, there was an f-35 that went down in Japan and China was stating. Yeah
We're gonna go and recover that thing but Japan was like no you're not going to we'll be fine
We're gonna recover that aircraft and everything will be a-okay
but one of the most recent things is that there was a company in England that had a Chinese parent company that was making
circuits for the f-22 and the
F-35 but however, those are just circuits for the aircraft
It has nothing to do with the stealth capability of the f-35 or the f-22
So it's not that big of a deal but the big one is apparently China states that yep
they figured out I they have a new form of radar that can detect the
f-35
It's pretty impressive if you can do that, but not only that just to take it a step further. They cannot just detect the f-35
But they can also use guided missiles and take one down
And that is very very scary
considering the United States has spent millions of dollars and said that the
F-35 is going to be around for like 80 years and it's stealth won't be beaten any time soon
Actually, as a matter of fact Israel stated that the f-35 stealth
Capabilities will probably be countered in a couple of years. So it's stealth might be useless and this might be the case
So how could this happen while China has really apparently made advancements in what they call meter wave radar
So how radar works now? I am no expert but this is basically the dumbed down version of it
basically
Most radar works through high frequency or called microwaves which sends out
Multiple pulses and makes it really good for guided missiles to hit their intended target
However, there is also what is known as a low frequency or meter. Wave
Which is really hard for tracking but really good for searching areas for aircraft and incoming attacks
So when you use a combination of this you've got one for firing and you've got one for searching
so the stealth aspect on the f-22 and the f-35 really really shines at
Hiding the fighter in the high frequency area, but however, China has stated that they have made some serious
advancements in
Low-frequency, let's talk about it. So what is the technology exactly? Well, it's been claimed to be developed by
China's
Electronics Technology Group Corporation and what they have is multiple transmitting and receiving
Antennas now, they are scattered around tens of hundreds of meters and are about 10 meters tall this technology
Really increases the ability to find any form of aircraft whether or not it has stealth or not
for example
if an f-35 entered its range it would be capable of
Pinpointing its location and getting an exact lock on the aircraft for its missiles. Keep in mind
There is a huge question of whether or not this is a valid claim
Russia has also said that it is capable of going through the f-35 and f-22 stealth
And in relation to this the United States recently just pulled turkey from the f-35 program
Because it had plans to buy the s400 series defense system
However, though that is all just major speculation
the downside is we will not know about this until an f-35 goes down in combat and
more importantly
It would have to go down in combat against a country that has a superior form of stealth technology
so there you go guys just a short little video on this whole issue with China and its
Stealth detecting or anti stealth sort of radar abilities. What are your thoughts on this?
Do you think the f-35 is somewhat dead in the water without its stealth capabilities. Is it any better than an f-16 now?
well
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