America needs a UV interference system

The military of the United States had to spend about tens of billions of dollars to create subtle "stealth" airplanes. However, these "invisible" there are vulnerabilities. In particular, the command of the United States Naval Forces stated that it was necessary to develop a technology capable of hiding combat aircraft in the ultraviolet.

The US military requires a device that can interfere with guidance systems that operate in the ultraviolet. Most likely, these will be traps resembling modern thermal ones. When they are ejected from a combat aircraft, infrared homing heads of missiles are blinded.

The UV interference system will complement the stealth technologies, which are applied, for example, on the fifth-generation F-35 fighter. This aircraft has a small radar and infrared signature (visibility), but it can easily be detected in the ultraviolet range.

Now homing heads of MANPADS missiles (man-portable air defense systems) use the ultraviolet spectrum to detect a fighter against the sky. Initially, using the infrared range, the rocket is “closed” on the target, and then when the infrared traps are approaching and shooting, the rocket uses a UV sensor. At the moment, cheap ultraviolet cameras that detect infantry, aircraft, armored vehicles and other objects well hidden in the visible and IR ranges are very popular.

The main task of the ultraviolet trap is to effectively combat such guidance systems, for example, by emitting a cloud of material that absorbs UV rays. The request of the US Navy, in particular, refers to a cloud of quantum dots (tiny crystals emitting light) or metamaterials that are able to control the movement of light rays. While the date of this development is unknown and when there will be the first deliveries of new devices.

Comments

[patriot2]

Article + for the fact that this information will be useful to our developers of guidance systems to combat the F-35 and its analogs, as these aircraft will disperse in the air forces of some countries, except for the states.

[Inzhengr]

This has not affected us for a long time, we have everything)))
... the article has no author or source ???

[alexng]

If the article does not have an author or a link to the source, then this is an ordinary copy-paste with small changes that change the meaning of the entire article or, as they say in the media, "stuffing", moreover, malicious. Minus for anonymity. But since I fundamentally do not put minuses, the minus is virtual.

[Redpartyzan]

The cloud of quantum dots is interesting. For starters, you probably need to pilots on planes do not suffocate.

[ward]

According to Iranian media reports, a missile launcher with a laser target guidance system illuminating the target was tested .... moreover, the laser was mounted on the rocket itself ... attempts to create such a system were made repeatedly ... including ours ... and it seems only in Iran succeeded ...

[Num lock U.A.]

There is no limit to perfection the race continues, ahead of us are waiting for exciting events and plot twists

[Honory]

Interesting idea.