Stealth bomber uncloaked by mobile phones

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Wed Aug 1 19:34:02 PDT 2001


[As far as I can tell, this story was originally published in the London Telegraph in June, then republished in the Sidney Morning Herald the next day. Was it ever published in the States?]


> The stealth bomber, pride of the US Air Force and long-hailed for
> being undetectable by enemy radar, can be detected by mobile phone
> base stations.
>
> The discovery was made by scientists at Siemens' Roke Manor Research
> site, who have developed equipment which, when used in conjunction
> with the base stations, make the planes visible again. The news is
> published in the UK press yesterday. Now president Bush visits Nato's
> headquarters in Brussels to defend his intelligence plans and defence
> shield.
>
> The system works by sending a constant signal between phone masts and
> creating an invisible screen that is broken whenever an aircraft
> passes through it. Combining this breakthrough with tracking
> technology, the Hampshire based lab boys say they can detect and
> locate all enemy aircraft - including the stealth bomber.

More details at:

Linkname: Mobile phones may foil stealth bombers - smh.com.au - World

URL: http://www.smh.com.au/news/0106/12/world/world2.html



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