Military nerds correct me if I’m wrong but I think the answer might be the following. I’m not a pilot etc etc.
Stealth can be a bit of a misleading term.
F35 aren’t actually ‘stealth aircraft’ - they are low-observable aircraft.
You can detect F35s with longwave radar.
The problem isn’t knowing that there is a F35 but to get a weapon -grade lock on it. This is much harder and your grainy gpt-interpreted photo isn’t close to enough for a missile I think. You mentioned this already as a possibility.
The Ukrainians pioneered something similar for audio which is used to detect missiles & drones entering Ukrainian airspace.
Military nerds correct me if I’m wrong but I think the answer might be the following. I’m not a pilot etc etc.
Stealth can be a bit of a misleading term. F35 aren’t actually ‘stealth aircraft’ - they are low-observable aircraft. You can detect F35s with longwave radar.
The problem isn’t knowing that there is a F35 but to get a weapon -grade lock on it. This is much harder and your grainy gpt-interpreted photo isn’t close to enough for a missile I think. You mentioned this already as a possibility.
The Ukrainians pioneered something similar for audio which is used to detect missiles & drones entering Ukrainian airspace.