"Moscow’s Perspectives on the Evolution of U.S. " Topic

….Stealth Technology

"EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The growing number of stealth aircraft being fielded by the United States and its allies presents Russia with an unprecedented challenge. Yet, rather than acknowledge the qualitative leap in capability that a larger and more sophisticated fleet of stealth aircraft brings with it, contemporary Russian commentators and senior military officials have, for the most part, elected to follow a long-standing Russian tradition of publicly downplaying the utility of stealth. Their misleading and often inane statements on US and allied stealth aircraft are voiced with the purpose of bolstering the standing of the Russian Armed Forces in the eyes of the international community, instilling a sense of national pride among Russian audiences, and downplaying the severity of Russia's stealth technology lag behind the United States. Derisive remarks by Russian officials can be expected to reoccur and perhaps intensify as not only the United States, but also American allies continue to field stealth aircraft in greater numbers. At the same time, seeing as more and more countries, including Russia's strategic partner, China, are developing and/or introducing stealth aircraft, Russian officials may find it more difficult to justify their claims to Russian and international audiences…."
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Amicalement
Armand

In all fairness every country does this to every other country's weapons. Well, until budget time when the other countries weapons take on invulnerable, overwhelming capabilities! ;-)

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Amicalement
Armand

Even if it doesn't totally make one's aircraft invisible, it will certainly shorten the ranges at which effective detections and lockons against them occur, which is a good thing if you're the one with the stealth jets.

Seems as if the Chinese are certainly stealing and embracing the tech.

Russians appear less so, presumably since they have less money to spend on R&D and new weapons programs. I'll bet they're still more adept at producing workable stealth than their Chinese "allies" thus far, but that too may change soon, I suspect.

What's deeply ironic is that it was a Soviet physics paper that enabled the first mathematical modeling of how radar would reflect off of a shape to create stealthy aircraft.

Lots of ironies in the Cold War, like the one where the British provided the Soviets with jet engine tech, too, which resulted in the production and success of the Mig-15 fighter, and many, many more, after that big blunder.

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