Oh man it's the top secret Lapland Air Command's 6th generation stealth aircraft.
For years, radar operators at airports have complained about the difficulty of detecting Santa Claus on radar. But according to radar experts, the inability of our most advanced radar tracking systems to detect the red-suited Christmas icon is no accident. There is evidence of highly sophisticated stealth technology incorporated into the structural components of the sleigh. For example, the sleigh is coated with microferrites that absorb radar signals. The curvature of the sleigh's structural and joint-spanning members, which are made of an advanced titanium-vanadium alloy and carbon fiber composites, is designed to avoid reflecting radar energy in the commonly used X- and Ka-band regions, that is, in the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between 8 and 12 and 27-40 gigahertz, respectively.
The centerpiece of Santa's Sleighborne Tactical Defense System (SSTDS) is a high-tech state-of-the-art system known as a Suppression of Enemy Air Defense, or SEAD, system. Santa Claus undoubtedly utilizes a special type of radar called a `low probability of intercept' radar, which is similar in many respects to the synthetic aperture radar used by NASA. Its purpose is to reduce the probability that Santa's sleigh will be tracked and possibly inadvertently attacked by our antimissile target acquisition systems.
Although SEAD has traditionally been associated with the use of antiradiation, or radar-seeking, missiles, officials are quick to emphasize that there is no evidence that Santa Claus has ever deployed weapons of this type. Santa relies almost exclusively on passive electronic countermeasures and signals intelligence, known as SIGINT, principally to acquire data concerning the behavioral characteristics of children.
Rudolph's red nose is also no coincidence. Clearly Santa is using infrared night-vision technology. The red nose is probably a highly efficient incandescent broadband infrared source. He's out in front for a very good reason: to provide wide-spectrum continuous wave illumination throughout the portion of the infrared spectrum between 200 and 4000 cm-1. Researchers are mystified by the technology behind Rudolph's nose. Some experts suggest that Santa may have used cloning to introduce genetic modifications into the reindeer's DNA, and may be using some unknown form of biothermoluminescence to achieve such high levels of nasal irradiance.
When not on it's annual mission and that is delivering gifts to children in capitalist countries, the SSTDS's main use is to preserve the integrity of airspace and if needed, to carry out defensive counter air fighter operations for the Lapland Air Command.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all
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