Chinese Researchers Say a Missile-Borne Lidar Could Spot the Lockheed F-35 at 38 Miles at Night, and the Catch Is Not the Range: It Exists Only in a Computer Simulation, and Experts Quoted by SCMP Doubt It
Chinese researchers have reportedly shown how a light detection system, or lidar, could detect stealth aircraft. The researchers also claimed that, in their simulations, their lidar technology, if mated to a missile, could detect the F-35 stealth fighter, an American platform, at a range of 61.5 kilometers, or just over 38 miles, under ideal conditions…