Why DARPA Thinks Stealth Is Obsolete in Future Wars

by nradov on 6/26/2025, 5:46:54 AM with 9 comments

  • by mikewarot on 6/26/2025, 2:17:10 PM

    Quantum sensing is a great smokescreen to cover up advances in passive radar, the ability to deploy thousands of cheap networked sensors and the like, and the dramatic drop in the cost of compute to tie it all together.

  • by Terr_ on 6/26/2025, 5:59:37 AM

    > The U.S. can now employ quantum sensing to see stealthy opponents

    This links to a defense-contractor marketing page, and it's triggering my fluff/oversold/BS sensors.

    I was originally expecting to see something about detecting the stealth aircraft because the now-noisier sky behind them is being occluded. [0]

    [0] https://avweb.com/aviation-news/analyzing-interference-in-sa...

  • by ivandenysov on 6/26/2025, 7:44:59 AM

    I stopped reading at “If you emit a kilowatt of energy”.