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This article is really hard to read. It basically boils down to: "He developed some ideas on how to beat stealth, based on the fact that the technology didn't

by jcapote 16y ago

This article is really hard to read. It basically boils down to: "He developed some ideas on how to beat stealth, based on the fact that the technology didn't make the F-117 invisible to radar, just very to get, and keep, a good idea of exactly where the aircraft was. Zoltan figured out how to tweak his radars to get a better lock on stealth type targets. This has not been discussed open" I wish they went into more detail as to how they did that.

lmkg 16y ago
I would be interested to learn that as well, but that's not what "it basically boils down to." There was a considerable amount of effort in avoiding countermeasures against his radar and detection systems. He beat the stealth planes just as much by out-stealthing them on the ground as by de-stealthing them in the air. I find that just as interesting, and possibly more valuable.
andyv 16y ago
Perhaps something along the lines of "Use the radar to look for the bird flying at 600mph"...
- runjake 16y ago
  I'm not sure why andyv was downvoted, other than the fact he quoted me in a prior thread without citation? ;) This is the conclusion the US military drew and was corroborated by Ben Rich (the "father" of the F-117) in his book.
Dove 16y ago
I wish they went into more detail as to how they did that. Well, you should expect practical information on beating stealth to be about as easy to come by as practical information on building nuclear weapons. That said, the wikipedia entry for Nighthawk has a little more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-117_Nighthawk#Combat_losses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-117_Nighthawk#Combat_losses According to NATO Commander Wesley Clark and other NATO generals, Yugoslav air defenses detected F-117s by operating their radars on unusually long wavelengths, making the aircraft visible to radar for brief periods. It is also possible that the aircraft was visible due to a disruption of its radar signature caused by open bomb- bay doors. This was the justification given by Colonel Dani in a 2007 interview. And http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_technology#Radar_stealth_countermeasures_and_limits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_technology#Radar_stealt... has information about stealth technology counters in general, the sort of thing you might find in a radar engineering handbook.

by jcapote 16y ago

lmkg 16y ago

I would be interested to learn that as well, but that's not what "it basically boils down to." There was a considerable amount of effort in avoiding countermeasures against his radar and detection systems. He beat the stealth planes just as much by out-stealthing them on the ground as by de-stealthing them in the air. I find that just as interesting, and possibly more valuable.

andyv 16y ago

Perhaps something along the lines of "Use the radar to look for the bird flying at 600mph"...

runjake 16y ago
I'm not sure why andyv was downvoted, other than the fact he quoted me in a prior thread without citation? ;) This is the conclusion the US military drew and was corroborated by Ben Rich (the "father" of the F-117) in his book.

Dove 16y ago

I wish they went into more detail as to how they did that. Well, you should expect practical information on beating stealth to be about as easy to come by as practical information on building nuclear weapons. That said, the wikipedia entry for Nighthawk has a little more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-117_Nighthawk#Combat_losses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-117_Nighthawk#Combat_losses According to NATO Commander Wesley Clark and other NATO generals, Yugoslav air defenses detected F-117s by operating their radars on unusually long wavelengths, making the aircraft visible to radar for brief periods. It is also possible that the aircraft was visible due to a disruption of its radar signature caused by open bomb- bay doors. This was the justification given by Colonel Dani in a 2007 interview. And http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_technology#Radar_stealth_countermeasures_and_limits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_technology#Radar_stealt... has information about stealth technology counters in general, the sort of thing you might find in a radar engineering handbook.