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The F-35 is mentioned in the article as being readied for the defense of Greenland. I wonder what the 'easter-eggs' Danes would've found out about it if they we
by torginus 7mo ago
The F-35 is mentioned in the article as being readied for the defense of Greenland. I wonder what the 'easter-eggs' Danes would've found out about it if they went up against the US.
(I think I know, it has to do with how its 'stealth' works.)
- jacquesm 7mo agoIn a way that would be great. Then we could grow up a little bit faster.
- 1718627440 7mo agoYeah at some point we need to know.
- throwawayfour 7mo agoWell if that were to happen, that would be the end of a lot of defense business that the US does with many countries around the world.
- torginus 7mo agoI mean it has already happened. The F-35 relies on very thick (10cm+) layer of radar absorbing structures with special internal geometries (don't wanna go into detail regarding this). Unfortunately if the precise construction of said structures is known, it becomes vulnerable to specially crafted radar pulses which make it generate strong returns. So it's paramount that the exact layout be kept secret (and likely there's some variation between manufacturing batches, but this is just conjecture). Needless to say, the US very likely has this info on every jet it sold, and a sufficiently motivated and sophisticated adversary can likely figure this out if the plane spends a long enough time in front of their radars. That's why the US has been extremely careful about where and how the F-35 gets to fly.