Howcome the stealth F-117 caught by the old Russia Radar possessed by the serb's army? I thought it supposed to be invisible to radars but Instead it caught by Russian Old radar possessed by the Serbian Army during Kosovo war?
If that's the case, I don't believe Neither F-22, F35, nor B2 Stealth bomber have the capability to hide from Enemy's radar. What a rip off wouldn't you agree. Embarasssing for the American...! High Tech Wannabe, yet can't serve it's purpose in the real time performance
Jason B got the closest.
No aircraft is totally invisible to radar, which is why I loathe the term because calling something "stealth" makes people think that it is invisible. What low-observability technology does is reduce the effectiveness of enemy assets so they have less coverage or have to concentrate a lot more assets to get the same coverage.
In this particular case the USAF was using the same ingress and egress route's over and over again which is an example of the BIG STUPID which anyone is prone to from time to time, especially when they start getting cocky. To top that off the F-117 that was shot down flew without any direct SEAD support. That was deployment of the REALLY BIG STUPID. She was on her own, flying a route known by the Serb's to be used by U.S. aircraft and there was nothing to prevent the Serb's engaging.
The Serb's therefore knew roughly where they needed to put their ADA assets so they set them up and waited. They probably got enough radar hits on the F-117 to get a rough but decent target track, then they started to volley-fire missiles into its projected path. They could have fired dozens, who knows. At any rate they scored a hit. The engagement is more an example of American complacency than of Serbian tactical brilliance and technical capability but I still have to give them a tip of the hat. They set that one up pretty good.
One engagement is not sufficient to judge the capabilities of any piece of equipment. If you think that this particular engagement indicates a fatal flaw in American low-observable technology, how do you explain the hundreds, if not thousands of other sorties that went undected and/or un-intercepted?
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