Everything Everywhere Daily Stealth Technology
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Feb 27, 2024 Explore the history and development of stealth technology, from radar innovations in World War II to the creation of stealth aircraft like the F-117 Nighthawk and B-2 Spirit. Learn about the evolving strategies and countermeasures in military operations to detect and counter stealth technology.
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Warfare's Measure-Countermeasure Cycle
- Warfare is a sequence of measures and countermeasures responding to new technologies.
- The invention of radar led to development of countermeasures to hide planes from radar detection.
Early Stealth Innovations
- Early stealth efforts included coating objects with radar-absorbing materials.
- The German WWII flying wing design lowered radar profile by changing aircraft shape.
Challenges in Early Radar Evasion
- Spy planes initially relied on altitude and speed over stealth for evading radar.
- Rounded fuselages of planes pose a radar detection challenge due to shape reflections.