Jason Voorhees
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Stealth aircraft like the B-2, F-22, and F-35 aren't invisible to radar they just have reduced visibility. Low-frequency VHF/UHF radars like the Russian Nebo-M or Chinese JY-27A can detect them but struggle to pinpoint their location due to lower resolution. Generally Higher-frequency X/Ku/Ka bands are used for targeting and guiding anti-air missiles which is where stealth tech excels, making these aircraft harder to lock onto. On radar, a nonstealth aircraft appears as a bright moving dot while stealth aircraft show up as faint flickers with erratic movements that are hard to track
Iβve seen this firsthand in a radar station control room. China is reportedly developing a new radar that could track stealth aircraft by detecting their shadows. Stealth fighters are also most effective head-on from the side or rear, theyβre much easier to detect. Does this mean stealth is useless. No it just isn't an invisibility cloak that most people think it is. A stealth aircraft can absolutely be shot down wirh anti air missiles. Stealth is mostly delay tactic to evade detection long enough to strike and hopefully escape
I had to vent after seeing clueless arguments about this on Twitter after those B-2 Bombers dropped their payload in I
Iβve seen this firsthand in a radar station control room. China is reportedly developing a new radar that could track stealth aircraft by detecting their shadows. Stealth fighters are also most effective head-on from the side or rear, theyβre much easier to detect. Does this mean stealth is useless. No it just isn't an invisibility cloak that most people think it is. A stealth aircraft can absolutely be shot down wirh anti air missiles. Stealth is mostly delay tactic to evade detection long enough to strike and hopefully escape
I had to vent after seeing clueless arguments about this on Twitter after those B-2 Bombers dropped their payload in I
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