Poll: SR-71 or Eurofighter
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Depends, does it come with missiles? Because if so i'll take the eurofighter, if its just the plane then its plainly the sr71
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Wrong century.
So how does being in the stealth plane and running away from the enemy make you more manly than flying right at them in something that has been designed not to fly firing like Rambo?
Stealth is a load of guff anyway, and easy to get round.
That's simply not true. The radar profile of a stealth aircraft is similar to that of a bird. Stealth gives an attacking force the ability to penetrate enemy defenses, eliminate targets and return without being detected. Not guff, just clever technology. If your enemy can not see you they can not target you. I served my time as an aircraft technician and I've seen some of these aircraft.
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It is true, RCS isn't constant is it and is dependant on position. Your RCS looking at you head on is completely different from underneath or above for instance. To get around that they use radar absorbing material but no material available has a perfect match across all frequencies, so all you need to do is to use a radar system that has a lower frequency for instance and you will be lit up like a Christmas tree.
Stealth is only really effective to combat radar frequencies you have designed it to combat. Outside of that it is not effective.
I'd go for this:
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor Stealth aircraft.
Top speed: 2,410 km/h
Range: 2,960 km
Cruise speed: 1,963 km/h
The aircraft is unmatched by any known or projected fighter. The Raptor's combination of stealth, aerodynamic performance, and situational awareness gives the aircraft unprecedented air combat capabilities.
It's sexy and you know it
justy everyso often it suffocates its pilot
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lolwut, sr-71? manly?
no thanx, can i haz one of these:
almost as fast, flies higher, built like a tank, lands on a muddy field too, what more can u ask?
no thanx, can i haz one of these:
almost as fast, flies higher, built like a tank, lands on a muddy field too, what more can u ask?
justy everyso often it suffocates its pilot
Yeah. From wiki - New backup oxygen generators and filters have been installed on the aircraft. The coughing symptoms have been attributed to acceleration atelectasis, which may be exacerbated by the F-22's high performance; there is no present solution to the condition.
So basically they built a plane they can't fly at its full potential.
Yes. But not every nation has the radar capability to combat stealth technology, so stealth aircraft are still viable military assets.
A modern version of a radar system used during the Battle of Britan could see a stealth aircraft. It's not hard.
There's plenty of information regarding the efficacy of stealth technologies on the internet. Calling it 'guff' and implying cutting edge advances in materials, design, radar etc can be circumvented by WW2 radar technology is absurd. Low-frequency radar, Moore's law, Ship's wakes and spray, Schlieren signature, Quantum interference are all areas where advances have been made and technologies developed. Stealth is an ongoing development technology that is evolving decade by decade. If it was as useless as you make out, billions of dollars of military funding wouldn't be pouring in to advance it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_technology#Principles
If you read the countermeasures and limits it says use of low frequency and bistatic radar are where it can help against stealth, exactly what the radar system was which was used in WW2. As an aside I am an RF engineer and design subsystems for airborne radar systems for fast jets.
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Hmm I think all of this will be redundant once they figure out how to transport munitions to a target by teleport..
No real defence if you can teleport a fusion bomb to any point in the planet instantly.. you don't even need to detonate the component.. simply teleport the two components to the target so at the target hey are in a position to reach critical mass..
No real defence if you can teleport a fusion bomb to any point in the planet instantly.. you don't even need to detonate the component.. simply teleport the two components to the target so at the target hey are in a position to reach critical mass..
I think we are on the same page. We are talking about an arms race where there are stealth technologies and counter measures designed to combat them. My point is that stealth is still a viable, usable counter measure in modern warfare.
lolwut, sr-71? manly?
no thanx, can i haz one of these:
almost as fast, flies higher, built like a tank, lands on a muddy field too, what more can u ask?
Is that the mig 31 ? If so, good shout!
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Mig-25 I'd say.
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What a stupid and pointless thread. Why compare such very different aircraft? One is a high altitude reconissance platform and the other a multi-role fighter/bomber.
An SR-71 v a U2 or a Raptor v Sukhoi T-50 would make more sense.
An SR-71 v a U2 or a Raptor v Sukhoi T-50 would make more sense.