10 Revolutionary Stealth Technologies in Modern Naval Vessels

2. Metamaterial Cloaking Systems

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A revolutionary change in naval invisibility technology, metamaterial cloaking breaks away from traditional stealth methods. These manmade materials have features not seen in nature that allow them to bend electromagnetic waves around a vessel instead of reflecting or absorbing them. The system comprises exactly placed microscopic structures that control light, radar, and other electromagnetic waves in hitherto unthinkable ways. Applied to ship surfaces, these metamaterials produce a type of optical camouflage that can make some of a vessel seem transparent or even totally undetectable to particular detection techniques. Previously only found in science fiction, recent discoveries in this subject show the capacity to shroud boats across several frequency ranges concurrently.