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To: okie01

I figured...I was just being cute....

Imagine, a radar coating that is diminished by rain!

This thing is a behemoth. Built to avoid radar and present a smaller RCS signature. Still can’t completely hide from L-band or lower frequency radars, though. It is an anachronism.


53 posted on 03/28/2013 11:34:40 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer
It is an anachronism.

When the product development cycle is something like twenty years, it's very likely that -- by the time an aircraft enters service -- it's already technologically obsolete.

55 posted on 03/28/2013 12:35:09 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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