Re: NIFT Stealth II Trial AAR

In message <20010708182626.18386.qmail@web4601.mail.yahoo.com>
	  John Leary <john_t_leary@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> 
> I was thinking in terms of the sensor transparent 
> aerodynamic coating/structure overlaying the sensor
> defusive/absorbing stealth material/hull.
> In this case, discounts are not appropriate.
> 
> In your discound based concept the aerodynamic
> structure is also defusive/absorbing stealth material.
> Aerodynamic form is not likely to be defusive as it
> is based on smooth lines and not on a series of 
> small broken plains set to various angles to reflect
> the minimum signal back to the detection equipment.
> One can always justify anything with PSB.
> 
> Bye for now,
> John L.

Err.. thats _old_ style stealth - slightly newer stealth styling allows
for curved surfaces (ie. B2 - but note that the B" is mostly stealthed
in a horizontal plane - fully 3D stealth may be a bit harder).

Charles

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