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Posted: 05 Jan 2022, 16:58
China Has Big Plans To Shoot Down F-22 And F-35 Stealth Fighters
ByCaleb LarsonPublished1 day ago
F-35 and F-22F-35 Stealth Fighter. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Did China Develop a Heat-seeking Hypersonic Missile?: Reporting from China suggests that despite prodigious engineering challenges, scientists may have developed a deadly new missile. Such weapons could be a threat to the F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters.
Chinese researchers claim to have built heat-seeking hypersonic missiles, a significant advance in the nascent technology.
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“Precision guidance with infrared imaging technology is a force multiplier for hypersonic weapons,” a Chinese researcher reportedly stated.
“If one party takes the lead in processing mature hypersonic weapons, this party will have the absolute advantage of asymmetric attacks. With effective hypersonic precision strike weapons, the critical value of ‘strategic depth’ in traditional warfare will no longer exist. All the critical political, economic, and military assets of a country will be at risk.”
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If Chinese claims are, in fact, true, the implications for opposing powers could be significant. For example, the United States Department of Defense notes that around ninety percent of the aircraft that have been lost since the 1980s have been downed by heat-seeking missiles.
Challenges Abound
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Heat-seeking or infrared homing is difficult when flying at supersonic speeds. However, Chinese researchers claim to have finished “a series of core technology breakthroughs that were proven effective in tests,” according to reporting by the South China Morning Post. Nevertheless, the engineering hurdles are prodigious.
Objects moving at hypersonic speeds generate massive amounts of heat through the atmosphere, and mitigating the thermal energy caused by friction is a challenge. Furthermore, a hypersonic missile’s heat signature could overwhelm heat detection sensors.
Implications for the F-22 and F-35
Stealth airplanes like the American F-22 Raptor are designed from the outset to defeat enemy radar and avoid detection. And while planes like the F-22 and F-35 can mitigate much of the threat posed by radar, the heat generated by jet engines remains a vulnerability — one that heat-seeking missiles exploit.
Some aircraft (notably the B-2 Spirit bomber and B-21 Raider) excel at masking their thermal signature by cooling engine exhaust as it leaves engines, though cooling exhaust to match ambient air temperature is virtually impossible.
F-22’s Waning Days
Irrespective of a Chinese hypersonic missile’s ability to detect and strike an F-22 Raptor — or any other fighter jet, stealthy or conventional — the F-22’s days are numbered.
Although the Raptor is nominally the stealthiest fighter jet to ever enter service with any military, the Air Force estimates that they would retire the air superiority fighter by around 2030, when newer and more capable sixth-generation fighters would take the F-22’s place.
What’s Next?
Though certainly notable, the recent hypersonic missile reporting from China is not necessarily a death knell for the United States’ premiere stealth fighter — at least not yet. Testing hypersonic missile technology — even advanced heat-seeking technology in laboratory conditions is not identical to real-world testing.
Caleb Larson is a multimedia journalist and defense writer. A graduate of UCLA, he also holds a Master of Public Policy and lives in Berlin. He covers the intersection of conflict, security, and technology, focusing on American foreign policy, European security, and German society for both print and radio. Follow him on Twitter @calebmlarson
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ByCaleb LarsonPublished1 day ago
F-35 and F-22F-35 Stealth Fighter. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Did China Develop a Heat-seeking Hypersonic Missile?: Reporting from China suggests that despite prodigious engineering challenges, scientists may have developed a deadly new missile. Such weapons could be a threat to the F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters.
Chinese researchers claim to have built heat-seeking hypersonic missiles, a significant advance in the nascent technology.
Sponsored Content
“Precision guidance with infrared imaging technology is a force multiplier for hypersonic weapons,” a Chinese researcher reportedly stated.
“If one party takes the lead in processing mature hypersonic weapons, this party will have the absolute advantage of asymmetric attacks. With effective hypersonic precision strike weapons, the critical value of ‘strategic depth’ in traditional warfare will no longer exist. All the critical political, economic, and military assets of a country will be at risk.”
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If Chinese claims are, in fact, true, the implications for opposing powers could be significant. For example, the United States Department of Defense notes that around ninety percent of the aircraft that have been lost since the 1980s have been downed by heat-seeking missiles.
Challenges Abound
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Heat-seeking or infrared homing is difficult when flying at supersonic speeds. However, Chinese researchers claim to have finished “a series of core technology breakthroughs that were proven effective in tests,” according to reporting by the South China Morning Post. Nevertheless, the engineering hurdles are prodigious.
Objects moving at hypersonic speeds generate massive amounts of heat through the atmosphere, and mitigating the thermal energy caused by friction is a challenge. Furthermore, a hypersonic missile’s heat signature could overwhelm heat detection sensors.
Implications for the F-22 and F-35
Stealth airplanes like the American F-22 Raptor are designed from the outset to defeat enemy radar and avoid detection. And while planes like the F-22 and F-35 can mitigate much of the threat posed by radar, the heat generated by jet engines remains a vulnerability — one that heat-seeking missiles exploit.
Some aircraft (notably the B-2 Spirit bomber and B-21 Raider) excel at masking their thermal signature by cooling engine exhaust as it leaves engines, though cooling exhaust to match ambient air temperature is virtually impossible.
F-22’s Waning Days
Irrespective of a Chinese hypersonic missile’s ability to detect and strike an F-22 Raptor — or any other fighter jet, stealthy or conventional — the F-22’s days are numbered.
Although the Raptor is nominally the stealthiest fighter jet to ever enter service with any military, the Air Force estimates that they would retire the air superiority fighter by around 2030, when newer and more capable sixth-generation fighters would take the F-22’s place.
What’s Next?
Though certainly notable, the recent hypersonic missile reporting from China is not necessarily a death knell for the United States’ premiere stealth fighter — at least not yet. Testing hypersonic missile technology — even advanced heat-seeking technology in laboratory conditions is not identical to real-world testing.
Caleb Larson is a multimedia journalist and defense writer. A graduate of UCLA, he also holds a Master of Public Policy and lives in Berlin. He covers the intersection of conflict, security, and technology, focusing on American foreign policy, European security, and German society for both print and radio. Follow him on Twitter @calebmlarson
In this article:China, F-22, F-35, Heat-Seeking Missile, Hypersonic, NotHome
WRITTEN BY
Caleb Larson
Caleb Larson, a defense journalist based in Europe and holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy. He lives in Berlin and writes on U.S. and Russian foreign and defense policy, German politics and culture. 2 Comments
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