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At 50,000feeet there is no weather man.
Originally posted by Stealth Spy
So, which on plane will be seeing plasma stealth and when ?
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On which plane is plasma stealth being tested on ?
what are the disadvantages of plasma stealth ?
does the B-2's stealth "melt" in the rain ?
how much money is being put in by russia into plasma stealth research ?
what generations of plasma stealth exist and how is it classified into generations ? ( titus recently posted an article on 3rd gen plasma stealth)
Originally posted by urmomma158
i could take out the latest awacs with a vietnam era plane.
I was being sarastic and not taking into account battlefield conditions. Just showing how it's stupid talking about an armed plane vs an unarmed one.
Originally posted by kilcoo316
Could you? [just out of pure interest]
How long does an F-4 have on burners?
If the E3 picks you up 320 kms out, and promptly turns away, it will take you 12 mins at 2,370 km/h to catch him at 800 km/h
If he turns off his radar as soon as he detects you and turns at a flight path normal to your approach vector, it will take you 8 mins to get to the point he started from - 8 mins is 100 km at 800 km/h.
What is the range on an F-4's radar?
Originally posted by urmomma158
I was being sarastic and not taking into account battlefield conditions. Just showing how it's stupid talking about an armed plane vs an unarmed one.
Originally posted by fnord
theoretically speaking, if we did invent plasma stealth technology, and we had a corona around the plane, wouldn't the plane look like a stereotypical ufo? (IE the glowing dots) such a result would explain why it never shows up on radar as well.
thoughts on this?
Despite the apparent technical difficulty of designing a plasma stealth device for combat aircraft, there are claims that a system was offered for export by Russia in 1999. In January of 1999, the Russian ITAR-TASS news agency published an interview with Doctor Anatoliy Koroteyev, the director of the Keldysh Research Center (FKA Scientific Research Institute for Thermal Processes), who talked about the plasma stealth device developed by his organization. The claim was particularly interesting in light of the solid scientific reputation of Dr. Koroteyev and the Institute for Thermal Processes, which is one of the top scientific research organizations in the world in the field of fundamental physics. [see "Russian scientists created revolutionary technologies for reducing radar visibility of aircraft", by Nikolay Novichkov, ITAR-TASS, January 20, 1999].
Originally posted by Zaphod58
Not only are you wrong on why the carrier never launched planes, but you don't even have the right type of aircraft there (which is sad considering that right in the start of your source article it tells you).
Try again. One was an SU-27, the other was an SU-24. They were spotted on radar 40 minutes ahead of when the first plane was launched.
It's kinda hard to launch planes when you're taking on fuel however.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
According to someone ON THE BRIDGE at the time of the incident (a pilot who was working on the bridge that day),
it was an SU-24 and an SU-27.
The Alert fighters were on Alert 30, and weren't able to launch in time.
They were ordered to launch "Everything", and the first thing up was an EA-6B.
The Japanese radar watched them, and the carrier saw them coming in well ahead of time. The bridge received a warning from CIC, and ordered the Alert fighters launched.
They started a 24 hour CAP because the Admiral and CAG were in a meeting and didn't even know it happened until they heard the roar of them going overhead.
They were pissed about it happening, and were determined to kick a little A and take some names of the people on the ship that let it happen.
Originally posted by tarkus07
A few years ago, two SU-27 over at low altitude on two consecutive occasions to a task force was where the aircraft carrier Kitty hawk to the astonishment of the Marines who had not detected. This incident may be evidence of the use of any stealth technology by the Russians?
The link:
www.wnd.com...
It tries to explain that the planes were detected by radar, but expose ridiculous excuses to explain the reasons for not intercepting the time ...