Stealth technology is a sub-discipline of military tactics and passive electronic countermeasures, which cover a range of techniques used with personnel, aircraft, ships, submarines, missiles and satellites to make them less visible (ideally invisible) to radar, infrared, sonar and other detection methods. It corresponds to military camouflage for these parts of the electromagnetic spectrum (Multi-spectral camouflage). The concept of stealth is to operate or hide without giving enemy forces any indications as to the presence of friendly forces. Several recent events highlight the priority being assigned to stealth technology by the world’s military powers and defense commentators. Stealth capability features heavily in the designs for virtually all next-generation fighter platforms currently under development. Even with the huge investment being poured into stealth aircraft, the technology hardly provides fighters with the power of invisibility.
Technologies, both highly advanced and surprisingly low-tech, exist that are able to spot stealth aircraft.
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