-------------------------------------------------------- http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/10/19/stealth.shtml Russia Develops Stealth Aircraft Using Plasma Screen Technology MosNews Created: 19.10.2005 12:10 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 12:10 MSK The Russian aircraft industry has developed and will soon start producing stealth aircraft which will radically differ from existing U.S. models. The Russian version uses plasma screens to cushion and disperse radar waves, the Novye Izvestia daily reports. The newspaper quoted Anatoly Koroteyev, the head of the Keddysh Research Center as saying that the plasma screen technology can be used on any vehicle - from automobiles to combat aircraft. However, it is most effective at high altitudes and thus is best used by the air force. Koroteyev said that the new technology employs a different physical principle than the one currently used by existing U.S. stealth aircraft - the F-117 and B-2. Instead of reflecting the radar wave the Russian technology completely disperses it by means of a plasma screen created by a mobile plasma generator. The generator is small and light. The device emits powerful electron beams that ionize the air around the aircraft effectively creating a plasma cloud around it. The head of the Russian research institute said that initially the plasma generator disrupted the work of on-board electronic systems and prevented radio communication with ground control, but the problems have been solved and the system has already passed tests set by a Russian governmental commission. Koroteyev added that the new technology can be used on any aircraft, including older models and that it is radically cheaper than the technology employed by U.S. stealth planes while being just as effective, if not more so. He said that the aircraft equipped with the Russian system will also be far superior to U.S. models in their flight and combat capabilities - as the use of the plasma screen makes it unnecessary to alter the shape of the aircraft. The newspaper writes that similar research is being conducted in the U.S., but the Russian version is so far the only plasma screen technology in the world. -------------- SEE ALSO -[ links to other stories ] 17.10.2005 15:36 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM Russia to Host 2006 Joint Exercises With India, NATO 13.10.2005 17:26 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM South Korea Plans to Lease Training Grounds in Russian Far East 10.10.2005 16:12 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM Russia, India Start Joint Military Exercises 07.10.2005 17:50 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM Russia to Build Military Airbase in Tajikistan 06.09.2005 16:21 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM Russian, Chinese Defense Officials Agree to Expand Military Cooperation 25.08.2005 17:09 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM China Converts Russian Ship to Build Its First Aircraft Carrier 19.08.2005 16:29 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM Russian-Chinese Military Drill Not Aimed at U.S. 18.08.2005 11:57 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM Joint Russia-China Wargames Launched in Vladivostok Ukraine Set Example for Other Countries - Yushchenko Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko believes there could be more Orange Revolutions across the world, mirroring his party's success. Write us: •••@••.••• Copyright © 2004 MOSNEWS.COM -- -------------------------------------------------------- http://cyberjournal.org "Apocalypse Now and the Brave New World" http://www.cyberjournal.org/cj/rkm/Apocalypse_and_NWO.html Posting archives: http://cyberjournal.org/cj/show_archives/?date=01Jan2006&batch=25&lists=newslog Subscribe to low-traffic list: •••@••.••• ___________________________________________ In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
