It’s basically chaff, lol. We’ve known chaff is an effective radar countermeasure since the 40s, and it seems like the researchers have found the lidar and optical equivalents of chaff. What really scares me is the idea of this evolving into more sophisticated deception attacks like range or velocity gate pulls. No idea how you’d do that with lidar or optically, but I’d bet money that’s a line item on a black budget somewhere

Be on site military contractor

Told I’ll be making infinitemoney.jpg

Actually make slightlymorethangs.jpg but with no pension

Tfw ptsd from analyzing combat footage

Tfw actively and daily shunned as “not one of us, just a dirty filthy contractor”

Tfw you can’t get another engineering job because your entire portfolio is classified

Tfw when there is no mental health support or support groups available for aforementioned “just a dirty filthy contractor” reasons

Decide to go back to college instead of killing self

Check brand new school email

“Hi, my name is Sgt Fuckface! Here at the national guard we’re looking for promising young graduates like you”