Canada's armed forces have allocated nearly $ 3 million to build advanced quantum radar that will allow aircraft that are not detected by ordinary radars to be found, for example, in Stealth technologies.
Quantum radar is based on quantum entanglement theory, where two particles are interrelated, and when one occurs in a change, it also automatically takes place in the other. The device can have practically unlimited range, as the entanglement can take place hundreds or thousands of kilometers.
Quantum radar in its work divides many pairs of photons into two groups. Radar systems cooperating with quantum, send half of the photon pairs to the air with the help of a microwave beam. The second group of photons, which has been in the base, becomes a source of observation.
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If the first pair encounters obstacles in the air, it is immediately visible in the observation pairs in the base. Quantum mechanics allows to bypass traditional systems of masking aircraft, which rely on the reflection of radio waves from the source in a different direction.
China is also working on similar technology. Soon, a special satellite will be found in space that will be able to detect masked objects flying directly from orbit. The United States and Canada can not be left behind the Middle Kingdom, especially since China is also a pioneer in the subject of quantum communication technology.
It is estimated that quantum radars and quantum communication are the future of military technology development. Mastering them will allow the great powers to gain a colossal advantage over the enemy.