Japan’s first Global Hawk begins flying at Northrop’s California drone hub

[Muhammed45]

Japan’s first Global Hawk begins flying at Northrop’s California drone hub

The first Northrop-Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk drone destined for Japan took its maiden flight at the manufacturer's Palmdale, California, facility.

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Are the Japanese aware of this?

This drone is already exposed to radar defense systems.

 

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This drone is already exposed to radar defense systems.

Can you please tell what happens if an aircraft is exposed to radars? Does even a single detection cause some info leakage regarding frequencies?

 

[Muhammed45]

Can you please tell what happens if an aircraft is exposed to radars? Does even a single detection cause some info leakage regarding frequencies?

Its true that few countries can shoot it down. Its One the most advanced drones ever built. But the problem is, Iran could Take it down then China and Russia are also capable of downing that drone.

It is mostly aimed at operating in high altitudes on stealth mode. When a country can shoot it down then the drone loses its functionality. Its for intelligence gathering in a large scale for instance, the drone has to remain stealth and untouchable which is not a reality anymore.