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An Air Force Pilot Became Friends with the Man Who Shot Down His F-117 (military.com)
1 point by belter on June 11, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Trailer for the film: https://youtu.be/HlAsxNqIqb8

and more details

"US stealth pilot and the Serb who shot him down"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20209770

The human story is inspiring. Also find interesting that, even with would not be ( for the time ), a state of art radar, the missile operators were able to clearly see the supposed "stealth" airplane 15 miles out, lock on and target it. Bad news for modern "stealth" airplanes ?


> Also find interesting that, even with would not be ( for the time ), a state of art radar, the missile operators were able to clearly see the supposed "stealth" airplane 15 miles out, lock on and target it. Bad news for modern "stealth" airplanes ?

Not really, stealth generally means smaller radar cross section, not invisible and 15 miles is pretty close. A regular jet depending on the radar can be locked on at over 100 miles away provided it's flying high enough.




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