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My favorite anecdote was him getting a ball-bearing with the same radar cross-section as the F-117, and dropping it on the desk of people who were in the decisi
by aidenn0 3y ago
My favorite anecdote was him getting a ball-bearing with the same radar cross-section as the F-117, and dropping it on the desk of people who were in the decision making process for buying it. Due to security concerns, he was then banned from carrying the ball-bearings.
- MrMember 3y agoI loved how when they were first developing stealth technology the standard procedure was to build a wood model, mount it on a pole, and and check the radar cross section. Eventually it got to the point where the pole had a higher radar cross section than the model plane and they had to spend a lot of time and money developing a more "stealthy" pole.
- aidenn0 3y agoIIRC they got Northrop to pay for half the cost of developing the stealth pole (since Northrop had a competing stealth design).