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To: dagunk

Yes I agree with what you said, but you cant make them stealth anywhere near as good as an f35, much less an f22. I know they have the SE version but theres only so much you can do. They can be improved but only so much.


8 posted on 02/25/2026 11:58:42 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Yes I agree with what you said, but you cant make them stealth anywhere near as good as an f35, much less an f22. I know they have the SE version but theres only so much you can do. They can be improved but only so much.

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If you want real stealth you have to design it in from the git-go. Stealth wasn’t an item when the F-15 airframe was designed. Small mods possible but you’re correct, not much can be done.

Fun stuff: The F117 was designed using modifications to Maxwell’s curl equations describing radio-wave behavior. The guy who did the study and updates to Maxwell’s equations was a Russian mathematician, Anatoly Dnieprov. Lockheed Skunk Works took Dnieprov’s work and developed a computer program named “Echo” (if I remember correctly). The F117 airframe was basically designed by electrical engineers.

That’s the second time we really snookered the Russians. The first time was buying the titanium for the A-12/SR-71 programs

You Take Care..


17 posted on 02/26/2026 7:49:55 AM PST by dagunk
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