Stealth is not about not being seen. Once upon a time stealth was meant to evade detection to avoid being shot down. Today, stealth is about not being seen in

Stealth is not about not being seen. Once upon a time stealth was meant to evade detection to avoid being shot down. Today, stealth is about not being seen in order to provide deniability. You only need to hide completely if you expect to be shot at, if you are flying in airspace where unknowns will be immediately engaged. Such airspace is very rare these days. Stealth today is about hiding just well enough that they cannot prove who or what you are (the Osama raid over Pakistan). In non-war airspace, with civilians floating around, they aren't going to shoot at an unknown. You don't need a zero-profile, just enough of a cloak that they cannot readily identify you. Unknown is far easier a profile than unseen.