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It was effectively invisible to the radars that existed when it was made. High frequency radars are more accurate than low frequency, nobody used low frequency
by LorenPechtel 3y ago
It was effectively invisible to the radars that existed when it was made.
High frequency radars are more accurate than low frequency, nobody used low frequency at the time. They're also smaller, I don't think you could use a low frequency radar with a missile's seeker. Low frequency is good enough to throw up flak, though--and that's how the one that was lost got hit.
It was also vulnerable to bistatic radar--but I don't believe a bistatic radar could even have been built back then.
It was basically a one-trick wonder that got counterdesigned.
- laverya 3y ago> nobody used low frequency at the time I don't think this is true. Low frequency was and continues to be the best option for early warning and over-the-horizon use cases. > good enough to throw up flak, though - and that's how the one that was lost got hit It was hit with a 1960s era SAM after running the same route again and again. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_F-117A_shootdown https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_F-117A_shootdown