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From: arf@chinet.chi.il.us (Jack Schmidling)
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Subject: MORE TO STEALTH THAN RADAR
Keywords: A silver bullet but no Lone Ranger!
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Date: 29 Jul 89 03:27:05 GMT
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From: arf@chinet.chi.il.us (Jack Schmidling)

b2/e4 
 
THERE'S MORE TO STEALTH THAN RADAR 
 
Many of the discussions about the B-2 seem to lose sight of  
several important points. 
 
1.  They are not invisible, they are just harder to detect 
    at a given distance than a B-52. 
 
2.  They make a lot of noise. 
 
3.  They  are highly visible by eye ball. 
 
That's not to say they are of no value but some of the  
applications I have heard are ridiculous.  For example: 
            
 
Dropping off and picking up of spies. 
 
{The natives stand around and wonder where all that noise is  
coming from?} 
 
Missions where the nationality of the attacker must be  
conceled.  
 
{The natives with or without field glass, would have no idea  
where that bat winged plane came from?} 
 
A fleet of bombers (or with luck, even one plane) could be  
seen by any ship, airplane or other observer that happens to  
be in the right place at the right time and the whole  
mission and our investment lost. 
 
Lets not get lost in Wonderland.  The B-52 is not invisible.   
It simply has to be closer to be picked up on radar. 

[mod.note:  I presume ARF means the B-2, not the B-52. - Bill ]
 
We are being sold a silver bullet but the Lone Ranger was  
not included. 
 
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