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Questions about significant reduction in sensor signatures of aerospace vehicles (radar, optical, infrared, and others), leading to greatly reduced probabilities of detection by adversaries in the context of hostilities.

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Detecting a Nuclear powered vehicle from outer space (at least 8 AU or further out) feasible?

I sometime see this quote in forum arguments against "Klingon/Romulan-style" cloaking in video games that tries to be close as possible to real-life. It is quite difficult to ascertain where the ...
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Can spacecraft be made invisible to stations on Earth?

Can spacecraft be made invisible to ground stations? For example, are spy satellites perhaps equipped with stealth technology to prevent radar tracking? Or is it pointless as they can always be ...
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