Venezuela’s Chinese JY-27 “anti-stealth” radar was marketed as capable of detecting F-22s and F-35s at ranges exceeding 250 kilometers. During Operation Absolute Resolve, over 150 U.S. aircraft including F-22s and F-35s operated overhead while the JY-27 detected zero aircraft—complete blindness. Social media mocked it as “scrap iron” and “South America’s strongest radar turned to scrap metal.”