Original: which cover a range of techniques used with personnel , aircraft , ships , submarines , and missiles , in order to make them less visible ( ideally invisible ) to radar , infrared , Mahulikar , S.P. , Sonawane , H.R. , & Rao , G.A. , (/O2007/O) Infrared signature studies of aerospace vehicles , Progress in Aerospace Sciences , v. 43 ( 7-8 ) : 218-245 .
Simplified: Stealth technology also known as LOT ( Low Observability Technology ) is a sub-discipline of military electronic countermeasures which covers a range of techniques used with aircraft , ships and missiles , in order to make them less visible .