To: ravager
The Gripen, a delta wing with canards, has a lower RCS than an F-18... at full loadout (since both are no good when "winchester")? Maybe from head on it has less of a silhouette or RCS (being a smaller airframe... with the associated reduced payload in comparison). But such a fact is irrelevant, since ALL of the aforementioned aircraft are 4th generation and have enormous RCSs compare with a 5th generation fighter. It's a HUGE blip on the radar screen. It's like arguing which Brontosaurus was the "little one"...
To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)
“Huge blip” on the radar?
Save for the F-22, the Gripen probably has the smallest RCS among ALL other fighters currently in service. Exactly how many stealth fighters are in service around the world currently?
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07/09/2012 8:43:14 PM PDT by
ravager
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