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The
future of Stealth
Imagine you can electronically change the color of a given
surface in such a way it can match the terrain below it.
Looking from above, the surface appears to match the terrain.
Fly over forest, and the surface takes on a green like
hue. A cloudy day, add clouds to match what sensors see
underneath and the aircraft becomes a chameleon and disappears.
This may sound like Science Fiction, but then think
of the LCD display of notebooks and it may not seem
so far fetched all of a sudden. Recent breakthroughs
in chemical polymer technology have made it possible
to create polymer (plastic) color displays. In other
words, mold the polymer in any shape you like and with
the additional control electronics you can make it virtually
invisible from any point of view.
You can try it yourself with your own computer. Take a look at this website, containing a tutorial on how to make your computerscreen transparant, which of course is just an illusion...
This is not a new idea, in fact several military fiction
writers have already come up with the idea, in one particular
instance having the aircraft continually modifying top
and bottom like a magician's mirror box making the aircraft
totally invisible.
More technologies are currently under development and
will be closely monitored to be found here. But likewise
the F-117, we may not hear about that until the first
smart-bomb coming out of nowhere has made a successful
hit!
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