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Optical Cloaking Technology for Urban Warfare and Counterinsurgency Operations
According to Dr. R. A. Zeineh (a.k.a. "Dr. Z"), his company's (Advanced American Enterprises) IR-Stealth 4.B combination thermal/IR (infrared)/night vision (NV) stealth system could have protected Israeli infantry warfighters from Hezbollah guerrilla fighters in Lebanon. One of the recent new documents we've received from AAE discusses how the Hizbollah guerrillas used night vision (NV) equipment to kill two Israeli commandos (out of a 4-man team) near Baalback, Lebanon.
Originally posted by johnsky
If it directs light away from the observer, wouldn't the observer see a black silhouette where the object should be?
I'd imagine that would be pretty useless in the day time.
Originally posted by jdub297
reply to post by ahnggk
agreed. without something to reflect back to the observer, the material would only be useful at night.
I guess.
jw
Originally posted by broli
If built right nothing optical can detect these. It could be made to bend the whole electromagnetic spectrum around it. Thus no radar, no microwaves, no infrared, no UV can bounce to the person scanning.
As for actually body heat or something else, you don't need nano tech to do that. But it can be done if one wants the ultimate shield by reversing the process on the inside to make the infrared waves keep traveling on the surface inside effectively trapping them.
Sonar can be absorbed so that leaves sound detection with not much chance. Maybe if you pore paint on the cloak it'll become visible.
[edit on 6-3-2009 by broli]
Originally posted by ahnggk
Originally posted by johnsky
If it directs light away from the observer, wouldn't the observer see a black silhouette where the object should be?
I'd imagine that would be pretty useless in the day time.
My thoughts too!
The invisibility I know is either you bend light around you(could be achieved by fiber optic, but results aren't perfect for sure - like in predator movie at best) or you let light pass through you.
Originally posted by jdub297
Can you imagine a special op's team cloaked in light bending shields. What on earth could stop an invisible soldier?
Originally posted by pianopraze
I saw a shirt a few years ago that had cameras on the back so looking at the guy it looked like his chest wasn't there... actually i think it was a poncho. There was some talk in the article about applying it to tanks. That was in main stream media.