Questions tagged [stealth]
A set of techniques used by some military aircraft to avoid being detected by enemy air defences.
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Why doesn't Su-57 blend the engine nacelles with the fuselage, like other 5th generation fighters?
All the current and upcoming 5th generation fighter aircraft have increasingly similar physical layouts regardless of their origin. This seems to be due to similar design choices around stealth and ...
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How does "continuous curvature" give stealth?
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RCS reduction as a result of shape had already been observed on the Royal Air Force's Avro Vulcan strategic bomber,[117] and the USAF's F-117 Nighthawk. The F-117 used flat surfaces (...
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Can doppler radar be used to detect stealth aircraft by focusing on the characteristic flow field instead of the aircraft itself?
Any aircraft traversing through the air would impart velocity, pressure, and temperature gradients to the surrounding air, then there are some phenomenon which are unique to all winged bodies such as ...
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Is the F-117 actually inferior in its RCS than the F-22 and B-2?
This might seem like a purely opinionated thing, but bear with me. I think there is some general statement to be made here not based on guesswork.
Question: Is the F-117 actually inferior in its RCS (...
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Why is there no reconnaissance version of the B-2 stealth bomber?
So the B-2 is perhaps the stealthiest plane ever made. It has proven itself in combat missions when flying by night. But given the retirement of the SR-71 around 1990, I'm surprised the USAF did not ...
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Why are stealth aircraft not sky blue?
Why are stealth aircraft not painted sky blue on the bottom to make them hard to see by looking up from the ground?
At night or with clouds between the plane and ground, the plane won't be visible ...
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Why does the B2 bomber's trailing edge sawtooth shape negatively effect its stealth characteristics?
I read an article about how the new B21 would have (in theory) a W shaped trailing edge, which was the initial shape intended for the B2 before the gust alleviation system was added to the ...
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Two low flying large planes made bank turn - not on radar [closed]
On Thursday March 10, 2022, at approx. 7:30pm in Monroe, Connecticut, I witnessed two full sized planes following one another extremely low and then make an incredible bank turn.
These planes did not ...
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How expensive is the structural materials on a stealth aircraft compared to its other components?
Well, I couldn't find much information about the prices on the materials used on stealth aircraft, but nevertheless, its huge price tags are often quite obvious. The B-2 bomber, for example, costs 2 ...
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What is the significance of radar cross section (RCS) for air defense?
From the internet or any other medium of information I came to know that some cutting edge stealth aircraft have radar cross sections of a bird (or something similarly small).
I don't have the in ...
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Do stealth plane need to turn off its radar to remain in stealth? [duplicate]
If yes, the radar needs to be off, how can it detect enemy plane, locked-one and fire missles?
If stealth plane still operates its radar, can enemy planes detect its radar emission and pinpoint it ...
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How does drone reliance on GPS make it 'semi-stealthy'?
I saw this on CNN today.
For months, US intelligence and military personnel in Iraq have been raising alarms about the risk to American forces from these newer, more sophisticated Iranian-made drones....
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How do Luneberg lenses hide a stealth aircraft's real signature?
I thought aircraft was supposed to be stealth and not show up on radar under the right conditions. This article says
Removable Luneburg lens type radar reflectors are sometimes attached
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Weapon vs normal aircraft track
I've read that some radars can detect stealth aircraft or aircraft with low radar cross section but are not powerful enough to allow a "weapons" track or allow a missile or another aircraft ...
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Can anti-radiation missiles be used to target stealth fighter aircraft?
What I understand is that anti-radiation missiles are accurate and long range.
So, assume that a fighter aircraft is 100% invisible on radar. However, its radar is transmitting energy continuously ...
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