MichaelP90DL
Active Member
True, it did. However, the initial radar tests of the Hopeless Diamond at Area 51 had nothing more than just the flat metal panels welded into the shape of the proposed aircraft. They put it on top of a pole and aimed radar at it. And there was nothing. Once the prototype aircraft was built, it flew by a missile battery at low altitude; the system's radar saw zilch. The deflection shape is the primary means of scattering radar. Radar-absorbing paint would have a minor benefit.No need. the F117 had radar absorbing paint and other counter measures for radar. It had the radar silhouette of a small bird.
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