When a stealth bomber was suspected to be flying through their area they saturated the sky with missile and heavy machine-gun fire and managed to shoot one down.
Really? When was a B-2 shot down?
And, I would be very careful of the source of this report.
They had taken shots at F-117's flying the same pattern the previous night and missed, instead of changing tactics we continued flying the same route...the next night they got lucky.
Iraq can spend all the money they want...no radar is going to give them a fix on a F-1117.
Man of the year.... They got his picture from the wanted dead or alive posters, because they could not find him in the Afgan caves either.
Sounds like it is past time to RAZE Iraq.
Particularly in Iraq.
He said: "The Pentagon is faced with the prospect that Iraq may have a system that can see stealth bombers and they are very, very worried."Oh, yeah. I'm sure they're panicking at the Pentagon. Hiding beneath their desks or dashing willy-nilly through the corridors. Yelling. Shrieking. Gibbering unintelligibly. Tearing at their suits and uniforms. Tossing files and papers and binders into the air. That sort of thing.
Plus, we forgot to order cruise missiles, don't forget.
Nothing at all to do with the fact that Saddam has sleepers in this country who can retaliate by killing millions of Americans with biological weapons. Nah, that wouldn't have anything to do with it.
The F-117 has not been used in the Afghan war.
Even if these desperate people try to argue that Saddam and Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 (But they did), the US still must act very soon against Iraq or risk deaths of millions of its citizens within the US as a result of weapons of mass destruction launched against Iraq sponsored, supplied and trained terrorists.
... and Iraq should fear our HARM missiles which are designed to see and seek-out their little RADAR ...
Stealthy operators such as this B-2 bomber may be obsolete if the Chinese claim can be substantiated.
China claims to ‘de-stealth’ military detection systems
By: Emma Reid, November 30, 1999
The Chinese government claims to have developed a technology that can outwit the stealth bombers. Stealth technology has been in existence since the 1960s and aircraft designed with Stealth technology have been successful because they are virtually invisible to radar detection.
Stealth technology hides aircraft by masking the physical, thermal and sonic properties aircraft exhibit. Physically, military aircraft are large and cumbersome and can be detected with radar. They generate a considerable amount of heat as a result of the combustion in the engines that propel it forward. They also generate a lot of noise and sound waves that resonate through the atmosphere.
The way most airplane identification works is by continuously bombarding airspace with a radar signal, which is comprised of high frequency radio waves. When a plane flies into the airspace, a signal bounces back to a sensor, or receiver, that determines size, and altitude of the plane.
The most considerable challenge lies in cloaking the physical structure of the aircraft so very little high frequency radio waves bounce back. The quality of the reflected radio waves depends on the nature of the object itself. Some types of objects reflect more than others. Stealthy designs involve constructing aircraft in ways that either disperse a signal in random directions to avoid detection at the receiver, or simply absorb the signal all together. To absorb the waves into the actual structure requires the use of panels on its ‘skin’ which are covered with RAM (Radio Absorbing Material). These panels are also angled so that any radar signal that is not absorbed will not reflect back to a receiver to do any damage. This way, receivers on the ground have no way of ‘seeing’ the aircraft. Dispersing the signal ultimately dilutes the picture. Aerodynamics also has a part to play in keeping air turbulence noise down, in addition to incorporating low-noise engines. With minimal sound effects, aircraft can sneak around undetected in the skies. The B-2 Stealth Bomber has a "bat-wing" shape to reduce its radar cross-section, as well as visual recognition, especially on the horizon.
To alleviate the thermal print of the aircraft, engineers designed the exhaust system with precision. Hot exhaust gases are mixed thoroughly with cool air before leaving the plane to reduce any infrared (heat) signature. This fools heat sensors on the ground and also keeps heat-seeking missiles from getting any sort of a lock on their targets. With all of these things in check, stealth technology has proven the test of time and remained an elusive technology. But the recent Chinese claim has U.S. authorities concerned.
The Chinese appear to have turned things around. Their new Passive Coherent Location system allegedly tracks fluctuations in normal or civilian broadcasts, which function at a different frequency, and looks for distortions, reports Newsweek. The PCL system monitors the incoming signals that originated from civilian sources, and can attempt to decipher the image they paint. The key here being, the aircraft may no longer remain invisible.
For details on the Chinese claim, watch @discovery.ca tonight for an interview with Dr. Daniel Goure of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
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