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Really? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_F-117A_shootdown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_F-117A_shootdown

• trhway 12y ago
  as the joke goes, these missiles were very old - they were produced when there were no stealth planes, and thus they didn't know that that plane was supposed to be invisible to them.
  • engi_nerd 12y ago
    Some IRCM systems have historically encountered this same problem in their development. Modern missiles were defeated, but very old missiles were actually attracted. It isn't really a joke so much as a humorous way to describe a nasty reality.
• tsotha 12y ago
  Yes, really. Did you read the article?