And from whom did we obtain the stealth technology? I’m not saying it was aliens ...
Low radar observability work began under the CIA’s Project Rainbow in 1957 when we tried to reduce the radar cross-section of the U-2 spy plane. It was Kelly Johnson’s Skunk Works team working with some outside help. Efforts to reduce the RCS of the U-2 were unsuccessful, but additional work was done on the A-12 which eventually became the SR-71.
The shapes used for the body of the SR-71 and the special fuel additives of the planes reduced their RCS, but the radar tracking technology paced too quickly for it to be really effective in hiding the aircraft.
We spent decades working on low observability and that progress has been incremental. At times, radar technology advanced faster than “stealth” technology. At this point, something like the F-22 is pretty damn difficult to see on radar unless you’re directly behind it or you have specialized low frequency ground stations.
Considering our current state of affairs, I for one would welcome some new alien “overlords”. I’d like to think they’d be benevolent, and far more intelligent than our current crop of ass clowns. With that said, I hope they have influence in D.C, and will force them to do away with the money pit, “flying brick” that is the F-35, and fully fund the magnificent, tried, and true A-10!
This may not be the place/thread for this question...but can anyone tell me what’s happened with FReeper sukhoi-30mki (apologies for my lack of HTML skills to link to his profile)?
I always enjoyed the hell out of his military themed threads, and he hasn’t been active since 7/10/2019. :(
The Russians.
I would suspect that a certain amount of it, came from two things - the DeHavilland Mosquito (plywood) bomber, and the Horten HO-229 (I think) flying wing.
Both were suspected of having less than normal radar signatures, and most likely stirred interest in how to reduce radar reflection in future designs.
Or maybe I’m just remembering wrong.