We lost a 6 inch by 6 inch triangle of metal elevator tip due to a strike a few years ago. The entry point put a small 1 inch burn on the radome. When the radome was opened the inside had exploded for at least 1 foot accross.
If something like this happened on a composite aircraft how would the maintenance engineers inspect for this sort of damage?
(A300-B4 with all metal stab by the way).