Chinese Tech Breakthrough Could Make Stealth Technology Obsolete

On Sunday, a Chinese company specializing in military tech claimed to have developed a type of radar that is able to detect stealth planes at a significantly safe distance, according to South China Morning Post.

The reported breakthrough by China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) makes use of a scientific phenomenon known as quantum entanglement which is said to be able to identify presence of a foreign object as far as 100 kilometers.

Quantum scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei aided the Intelligent Perception Technology Laboratory of the 14th Institute in CETC in the development of the tech. The university has also been instrumental to several other quantum technology breakthroughs.

In quantum radar technology, it is theorized that an object will change its quantum properties after receiving photonic signals. The quantum radar can easily detect stealth aircraft and is highly resistant to being jammed.

The company revealed that their recent field test proved that the radar system’s entangled photons achieved a potential range that is five times more powerful than the prototype developed last year by researchers from Canada, Germany, Britain and the United States.

Projects that develop quantum radar systems, such as the one funded by America’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and others separately initiated by private companies such as Lockheed Martin, have also been in the works.