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The point of stealth isnt that you are never spotted by radar, but to make it more difficult to target and track on meaningful timeframes. Think of a normal air
by johngalt 12y ago
The point of stealth isnt that you are never spotted by radar, but to make it more difficult to target and track on meaningful timeframes. Think of a normal aircraft as an orange road cone with reflectors. Shine a bright light on it and it can be seen for miles. A stealth aircraft is a matte black speedbump just barely above the normal road height. Even with a really bright light you'll have to be extremely close to see where exactly it is on the road. Meanwhile from the speedbumps perspective they can see the guy shining the bright light clearly.
When people talk about a small RCS they arent hoping to blend in with other 600mph hummingbirds. They simply want to avoid being spotted until it is too late for the enemy to do anything.