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Old 11th Dec 2012, 13:50
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RF4 - It doesn't make stealth obsolete.

However, it does make it more challenging than it was in the F-117 days, where you could get away with worrying about monostatic radars (transmitter and receiver in the same place), most of them operating in the above-UHF/microwave bands.

What it may mean is (1) that the difference between broadband/all-aspect LO, which really drives towards a tailless blended-body, and the evolved F-117/22/35 approach becomes more important and (2) that stealth still needs to be combined with other techniques and systems - tactics, standoff, EW &c.
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