[DTA]

>>>>>It sounds as if the Russians and the Chinese are blowing smoke here.Since the U.S. has had stealthy aircraft since the 1980’s.At that time the Russians had radars that were not as good as an American radar and even if the Russians improved their radar capabilities the U.S. has had the time and experience to update its stealth aircraft capabilities.<<<<<

F117A was shot down by using obsolete 1950s radar.

And this obsolete radar made stealth gimmick obsolete overnight.

For some reason Chicoms decided to make their own copy through R&D (reverse engineer and Duplicate).

A quiz question for aviation aficionados:

F-35 can be considered stealth only when 2 internal weapon bays are used and no external weapons attached to the hardpoints.

When using only 2 internal weapon bays F-35s can be easily outgunned.When using under-wing missiles it can be out-maneuvered.

True or false?

[SampleMan]

The F-117 got shot down by being predictable and by having the bomb bay open too long.

[puppypusher]

The F-117 shotdown over Serbia was flying the same flight path that it had been flying on a previous mission if I recall.

The plane was also shot down by AAA not a SAM.Which only tells me that sooner or later if you fire enough rounds into the air your likely going to hit something sooner or later.

In this case it was a luckey shootdown on behalf of the Serbians.The case of the Golden B.B.

[rdcbn]

false

[SZonian]

The “mission planners”, NATO conops, NATO ROE, spies in Italy and an open weapons bay were the reasons 786 was shot down...they failed to follow the highly successful tactics used during DS to ensure the aircraft wouldn’t be compromised.

In my opinion, it was a deliberate act that cost us that aircraft and almost the pilot.

[riverdawg]

So, how is your defense against the F-22? By the time you could possibly “see” it, you are dead.