Does China’s New Anti-Stealth Airship Drone Mean the Age of Stealth Aircraft Is Over?

A Chinese new-type reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle is displayed during the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, in southern China's Guangdong Province, on Nov. 14, 2024. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images

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Chinese researchers and engineers have developed a lighter-than-air drone: an airship with infrared sensors optimized to detect the heat plume that all jet bombers and fighters emit.