Quantum Radar - The follow-up story
Publish date: 2020-11-12
Report number: FOI-R--5014--SE
Pages: 45
Written in: English
Abstract
In the year 2019, a boom is seen for the Quantum Radar. Theoretical thoughts are taken into experimental results claiming a supremacy for the Quantum Radar compared to its classical counterpart. In 2020, a race between the classical radar and the Quantum Radar continues. The 2019 experimental results are not explicitly doubted. However, it is questioned if the experiments are organised taking the classical radar technology potential fully into account. It is argued, the classical radar, within the technology level of today, should be able to reach the same detection performance as its quantum counterpart. Simultaneously, the gedanken experiments fully taking the classical radars potential into account, implicitly reveals potential advantages of the Quantum Radar; to work as low-probability-of-intercept (LPI) radar and to retain performance in a heavily contested electromagnetically environment.