Did China Just Render America's $1 Trillion Stealth Fighter Program Obsolete?

[beijingwalker]

Did China Just Render America's $1 Trillion Stealth Fighter Program Obsolete?
By Rich Smith | More Articles
October 19, 2014
As DefenseNews.com recently revealed, China has a new device that may be able to track Lockheed's F-35 fighter with "passive" radar detection technology. Dubbed the DWL002, China's equipment can apparently detect stealth aircraft at distances of up to 400 kilometers -- and 600 kilometers for larger "stealth" targets -- processing "pulse, frequency agility, pulse duration, tactical air navigation system, distance measuring equipment, jitter/stagger radar, and identification friend or foe" signals emitted by the otherwise stealthy aircraft to determine its location.

To be clear, DWL002 is not an active radar system itself. As International Assessment and Strategy Center senior fellow Richard Fisher explains "Passive systems like these simply listen for any electronic emission," identifying an aircraft without having to ping it with an active radar transmitter. As such, whether or not the F-35 is itself invisible to "radar" may be a moot point.

China can "see" it anyway.

Did China Just Render America's $1 Trillion Stealth Fighter Program Obsolete?

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Wow that makes a huge dent in future plans for warfare

 

[SvenSvensonov]

Oh, no!!! A passive radar!!! Well damn, our F-35s, B-2s, F-22s, China's J-20 and J-31, our stealth drones, Russia and India's FGFA, they're all obsolete!!!

Oh, wait... this is neither new, unexpected or unplanned for my friend. The Russians have been using passive radars for years, the Duga-3 (or for those that like the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games, the Brain Scorcher) is a very well known example. We, the US, already know about these, similar Russian systems and modern Chinese one's... we plan for them and ourselves own some. Do you honestly think we are oblivious to passive radars?

 

[Shadow_Hunter]

How does a Passive radar makes F35 obsolete? Passive radars have been around for decades, it doesn't makes any difference. Anyways F35 will have its radar switched while penetrating Chinese territory. Article is just a load of BS

 

[Hurter]

Now U.S will head to 6th generation fighter jets...

 

[TankMan]

I fail to see how Passive Radars render stealth tech obsolete. Stealth fighters are designed to reduce the amount of electronic emissions, which is what Passive Radars look for (Active 'ping' radar sends out waves and looks for their deflection, which is also reduced by stealth tech) . Unless there is something top-secret this article doesn't mention, it doesn't make sense.

 

[Winchester]

Why waste all that money???
Lets go back to good old sword fighting

 

[TankMan]

Why waste all that money???
Lets go back to good old sword fighting

Yeah, the real manly way of fighting!

 

[manojb]

Oh, no!!! A passive radar!!! Well damn, our F-35s, B-2s, F-22s, China's J-20 and J-31, our stealth drones, Russia and India's FGFA, they're all obsolete!!!

Oh, wait... this is neither new, unexpected or unplanned for my friend. The Russians have been using passive radars for years, the Duga-3 (or for those that like the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games, the Brain Scorcher) is a very well known example. We, the US, already know about these, similar Russian system and modern Chinese one's... we plan for them and ourselves own some. Do you honestly think we are oblivious to passive radars?

yeah! OP clicked Motley Fool website from yahoo .. !

 

[Steakhouse]

Stealth technology is over 20 yrs old, give other nation with military industry enough time they will effectively counter stealth in future, technology advance with time with no weapon can indefinitely be unmatch or effectively counter.

Only weapons can not be stop are nuclear bomb, nothing matter compare to nuke.

 

[Nike]

Stealth technology is over 20 yrs old, give other nation with military industry enough time they will effectively counter stealth in future, technology advance with time with no weapon can indefinitely be unmatch or effectively counter.

Only weapons can not be stop are nuclear bomb, nothing matter compare to nuke.

oh no, why the Chinese and Russian bother to make any stealth jet fighter?

 

[Steakhouse]

oh no, why the Chinese and Russian bother to make any stealth jet fighter?

Just because they develop stealth tech doesn't mean they don't want to find out the best way to counter stealth technology, when you have both option of stealth and anti stealth technology, you have the best of both world, you can defense your airspace against stealth fighter with your anti stealth radar, you can effectively take control your enemy airspace with your stealth fighter against the opponent lacking in anti stealth technology.

 

[Cossack25A1]

If this were true, expect America to turn more on drones, which would be "cheaper" compared to manned aircraft - even if US drones have stealth capabilities, as long it has no human pilot, these drones would be "cheaper" to deploy.

 

[Nike]

If this were true, expect America to turn more on drones, which would be "cheaper" compared to manned aircraft - even if US drones have stealth capabilities, as long it has no human pilot, these drones would be "cheaper" to deploy.

it's depend on situation

Just because they develop stealth tech doesn't mean they don't want to find out the best way to counter stealth technology, when you have both option of stealth and anti stealth technology, you have the best of both world, you can defense your airspace against stealth fighter with your anti stealth radar, you can effectively take control your enemy airspace with your stealth fighter against the opponent lacking in anti stealth technology.

so are the so called stealth technology is rendered Obsolete like the OP articles stated?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

If this were true, expect America to turn more on drones, which would be "cheaper" compared to manned aircraft - even if US drones have stealth capabilities, as long it has no human pilot, these drones would be "cheaper" to deploy.

I think that's pretty much the expected future route. Already have UAVs taking off from carriers and talk of a fleet of drones doing perpetual surveillance flights. Soon it will be back to the days of Operation Chrome Dome but with UAVs