Tanks test infra-red invisibility cloak

papa_smurf · 09-06-11, 03:42 AM

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Tanks could soon get night time invisibility thanks to a cloaking device that masks their infra-red signature.

BAE estimates that the technology could be ready to put into production in two years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14788009

British inventiveness at its best

Skybird · 09-06-11, 04:42 AM

They better fix their Chally-2 fire-control system first! From all I hear and read about it, it is so exotic and different than anyone else's that everybody could immediately identify it as a typically British design.*

Gaining invisibility - at night. Oh those Brits. Everybody else would have chosen invisibility at daylight.

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* Ongoing discussion of the C2's fire controls at the eSim forums. Procedure can be tested by everybody from end of year on, when the C2 will become crewable in SBP.

Jimbuna · 09-06-11, 06:13 AM

I've come across this before and would ask the same question again...would an invader have any hesitation in shooting anything that moved in a period of extreme tension?

Oberon · 09-06-11, 07:00 AM

Impressive, I wonder if they'll put this in with the cloak they were testing a year or two ago.

Herr-Berbunch · 09-06-11, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Impressive, I wonder if they'll put this in with the cloak they were testing a year or two ago.

No, they put that down and couldn't find it again!

Oberon · 09-06-11, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

No, they put that down and couldn't find it again!

You know, that really would not surprise me!

TLAM Strike · 09-06-11, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Impressive, I wonder if they'll put this in with the cloak they were testing a year or two ago.

Or with the cloak the Danes brought over to Afghanistan a few years ago.

Task Force · 09-06-11, 09:55 AM

And here i though the Brits where cutting down their military.... or are they just cloaking them!

Herr-Berbunch · 09-06-11, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

And here i though the Brits where cutting down their military.... or are they just cloaking them!

Hey - the funding for such frivolity and wishful thinking has to come from somewhere!

TLAM Strike · 09-06-11, 10:59 AM

I think we all know the real reason the military has developed this... all the causalities in Afghanistan have really been caused by a Predator....

Krauter · 09-06-11, 11:21 AM

09-06-11, 04:42 AM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,613 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	They better fix their Chally-2 fire-control system first! From all I hear and read about it, it is so exotic and different than anyone else's that everybody could immediately identify it as a typically British design.* Gaining invisibility - at night. Oh those Brits. Everybody else would have chosen invisibility at daylight. ___________________ * Ongoing discussion of the C2's fire controls at the eSim forums. Procedure can be tested by everybody from end of year on, when the C2 will become crewable in SBP. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-06-11, 06:13 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I've come across this before and would ask the same question again...would an invader have any hesitation in shooting anything that moved in a period of extreme tension? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	And here i though the Brits where cutting down their military.... or are they just cloaking them! __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

09-06-11, 10:59 AM	#10
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	I think we all know the real reason the military has developed this... all the causalities in Afghanistan have really been caused by a Predator.... __________________

09-06-11, 07:00 AM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Impressive, I wonder if they'll put this in with the cloak they were testing a year or two ago.