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I would argue stealth makes dogfights more likely, allowing opponents to approach each other unaware of each others presence.
by throwawayffffas 6y ago
I would argue stealth makes dogfights more likely, allowing opponents to approach each other unaware of each others presence.
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y agoIt's worth reading the report. There's a lot more pieces to this puzzle. Another recent development is high off bore sight missiles, which drastically reduce the need/utility of high energy cost maneuvers.
- Tuna-Fish 6y agoThat is not how stealth works. It's not a cloaking device, it's a <1 multiplier on the effectiveness of enemy radar. Both sides will still have radar, and detection range for a good stealth fighter with modern radar against itself is going to be higher than visual range. What stealth does do is it reduces detection range to well below the employment range of good missiles, which means that the first one to get a radar lock will either end the fight then and there, or at least be able to manouver into a very favorable position while the enemy has to evade a missile. This is why fights with stealth aircraft in simulation and training are so very technical and one-sided.