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minus-squareLaw Abiding VPN User@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoall stealth aircraft have one form or another of that. There’s stealth drones too, like the Sentinel, the Predator and the Reaper are stealth by accident. “A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one”
minus-squareLaw Abiding VPN User@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoStealth by accident, because of its shape it gives a very small radar signature
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 days agoQuite the opposite, its shape is very radar reflective. It also makes a ton of noise.
minus-squareLaw Abiding VPN User@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoalso, there’s the factor of the size too, reaper drones are very small compared to a lot of other aircraft that radar would normally detect
minus-squareLaw Abiding VPN User@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 days agoI wouldn’t be so sure of that. Drone bombings under obama were happening so often that they ran out of bombs, and only 1 drone was ever shot down let me just put that into perspective for you. Under obama the military ran out of ammo for one of their weapons because they were using it THAT MUCH
all stealth aircraft have one form or another of that.
There’s stealth drones too, like the Sentinel, the Predator and the Reaper are stealth by accident. “A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one”
Reaper is not stealth at all.
Stealth by accident, because of its shape it gives a very small radar signature
Quite the opposite, its shape is very radar reflective. It also makes a ton of noise.
also, there’s the factor of the size too, reaper drones are very small compared to a lot of other aircraft that radar would normally detect
I wouldn’t be so sure of that. Drone bombings under obama were happening so often that they ran out of bombs, and only 1 drone was ever shot down
let me just put that into perspective for you. Under obama the military ran out of ammo for one of their weapons because they were using it THAT MUCH