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SamuelRSmith on 06 June 2009
Jackson50 said:
Kasz216 said:Really though... it's not like China having stealth bombers could effect us that badly... I mean the only countries who could have stealth bombers that could bother us are countries in the EU... and they probably have stealth technology already? And we're not likely to go to war with the EU anytime soon anyway?

The US is the only nation that employs the use any form of stealth technology. The EU states could build capable stealth aircraft if they desired, and the Russians are also capable. Well, I suppose this situation will change with the deployment of the F-35. Many nations will then have a stealth aircraft.

I am highly dubious about the veracity of this information. No credible news source or research institute that I follow has conveyed this information.  

I was under the impression that the Eurofighter Typhoon had been designed to be invisible on RADAR, that's a form of stealth technology, isn't it? I'm not sure, I don't know much about these things.



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Kasz216 on 06 June 2009
That Guy said:
hey, we should make STEALTH MISSLES!

how awesome would that be? a stealth cruise missile that blows up stuff myseriously and they'll never know that its from the US

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/08/us/pentagon-unveils-a-stealth-missile.html



rocketpig on 06 June 2009

Still waiting for the paranoid freaks to answer my one stupid question...




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SamuelRSmith on 06 June 2009

@rocketpig:

I'll try (bearing in mind that my political knowledge outside of the UK system isn't that great).

A few guesses:

- The Department of Defence is a part of the Federal Gov't
- The two elected branches (the legislature and the executive) are currently under Democrat control. (I think)
- Obama is the President. This must give him some de facto head-of-party status.
- Essentially, through the use of a whipping system, particularly if it's just come out of a successful election, a lot of the party will be following the party line.
- This essentially means that the limits between the legislature and the executive are blurred a little.
- This can temporarily give Obama some control over the legislature (not for long, a united, disciplined party isn't something that lasts forever).
- The Department of Defense, seeing as it is part of the Fed Gov't, would be subject to control from the legislature and the executive.
- Isn't the President also head of the Armed Forces? Giving him some form of control there.

Of course, like I said, I don't know much about the American system, so all the above could be bullshit, but, still, I tried to answer your question.



NJ5 on 06 June 2009
rocketpig said:
Still waiting for the paranoid freaks to answer my one stupid question...

I could be wrong, but I think those paranoid freaks think Obama is going around the legality of the issue and doing it anyway.

 



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Jackson50 on 06 June 2009
SamuelRSmith said:I was under the impression that the Eurofighter Typhoon had been designed to be invisible on RADAR, that's a form of stealth technology, isn't it? I'm not sure, I don't know much about these things.

It is true that the EF was designed to reduce its radar cross section, but it is not considered a stealth aircraft because it does not possess certain features. For example, it does not possess an internal weapons bay. Possessing an external weapons bay noticeably increases its RCS. Nevertheless, it does possess other impressive features such as the ability to supercruise. From my research, I would say its RCS is comparable to other 4.5 generation aircraft such as the F/A-18 Super Hornet. This means it is stealth capable but not a "true" stealth aircraft.