[Doe Eyes]

Detection is one thing. Tracking and guiding a missile to a target is another. It is very easy to hit a Buff with a radar guided missile. Very difficult to hit a low RCS platform.

[norton]

See post fifteen.

And, regarding proper finish for a combat aircraft:

"the Air Force will replace the traditional repair method using tape and caulking material with a new approach using spray-on, radar-absorbing coating..."

I think that's what they did on my neighbor's house, peeled off in about six months.