IA80024%MAINE.BITNET%CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Nicholas C. Hester) (06/29/89)
From: "Nicholas C. Hester" <IA80024%MAINE.BITNET%CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> Why would this country need such an expensive turkey as the B-2 when we have 52 F-117 Stealth attck/fighters? These are proven to fly, and (from what i've read-i'm new to the list) just as hard to detect. =Nick= ia80024@maine.bitnet ia80024@maine.maine.edu [mod.note: Theoretically, one might presume the B-2 has enhanced range and bombload relative to the F-117. I'll leave a more exhaustive comparison to the rest of the group 8-) - Bill ]
dlj@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (david.l.jacobowitz) (06/30/89)
From: dlj@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (david.l.jacobowitz) In article <7849@cbnews.ATT.COM>, IA80024%MAINE.BITNET%CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Nicholas C. Hester) writes: > > > From: "Nicholas C. Hester" <IA80024%MAINE.BITNET%CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> > Why would this country need such an expensive turkey as the B-2 when we have > 52 F-117 Stealth attck/fighters? These are proven to fly, and (from what i've > read-i'm new to the list) just as hard to detect. > The book "Stealth and the art of Black Magic" lists the RCS (Radar Cross Section) of both the F-117A and the B-2. The RCS of the F-117A is supposedly 0.5 m (I don't remember the figure exactly, but that is the right order of magnitude); the RCS of the B-2 bomber is approximately 0.000005 m (I could be off on this figure by a decimal place in either direction but you get the idea). This seems to indicate that the B-2 would be much harder to detect with conventional radar than the F-117A. --------------------------------------------------------------- Dave J. usual disclaimer implied ark2!dlj
bash@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Basham) (07/01/89)
From: bash@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Basham) Concerning the use of older, long-wave radars to detect stealth aircraft: I've yet to hear this from a documented and authoritative source. Maybe there has been some knowledgable source who released this info, but all I've heard is from ****SARCASM MODE ON**** the wonderful, objective, and accurate ****SARCASM MODE OFF**** news media. They never quote any sources as they show file tapes of wrong aircraft shooting down drones. Even if this is true, I would think that effective ECM has been developed to combat this supposedly obsolete radar. Then again, maybe the whole thing is one big disinformation campaign. Oh, well. Tom ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Tom Basham AT&T Bell Laboratories (312) 979-6336 att!ihlpb!bash "If you can't beat 'em, infiltrate bash@ihlpb.ATT.COM and destroy them from within." bash@cbnewsd.ATT.COM