China’s heat-seeking radar with 300km range boosts anti-stealth tech, say defence scientists


Engineers say their small infrared search-and-track system can pick up the heat signature of a fast-moving aircraft from an unusually long distance. In distant target-searching mode, the radar can scan the entire sky in just a few seconds, faster than most existing heat seekers, the team says. — SCMP

Defence industry engineers in southwestern China have built a small infrared search-and-track system that can pick up the heat signature of a fast-moving aircraft from an unusually long distance, the team says.

The medium-wave infrared system has detected and tracked civil aircraft from a distance of 285km (177 miles), according to a paper published in the peer-reviewed Chinese journal Infrared And Laser Engineering on Friday.

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