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    China Working Toward Next-Gen Quantum Radar to Track Ballistic Missiles

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    The state-owned Chinese company responsible for developing high-end electronics has claimed that the next version of its quantum radar will be even more powerful than previously thought.

    In 2016, Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) announced that it had tested a quantum radar with a range of around 62 miles, or 100 kilometers — roughly five times further than the range of its US and German competitors, Popular Science reported. The next generation of the radar will be capable of tracking ballistic missiles in outer space and aircraft flying at extremely high altitudes, the South China Morning Post reported Friday.

    By mounting a quantum radar onto a near-space vehicle, China's could “effectively monitor high-speed flying objects in the upper atmosphere and above,” CETC said at an industry exhibition in Nanjing, added.

    Xia Linhao of CETC told the Global Times Friday that “quantum radar technology has largely been mature theoretically and has entered the phase of experimental realization.”

    The quantum system developed by China is meant to track stealthy US aircraft, according to the SCMP story, which said that, “China regards the stealth aircraft flown by the United States and its allies as a major threat to its regional interests and is therefore keen to have an effective countermeasure.”

    Conventional radars rely on radio waves that reflect off of objects to provide details about an aircraft or submarine's location…

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