In message , Ian Craig
writes
You seem very sure that the UK doesnt have a stealth aircraft - how come?
Know something we dont? Just cos we havent got a batwing or f117 doesnt mean
we dont have stealthy aircraft?

We know the technology and have done a fair bit of work, particularly on
RCS reduction of existing and future platform.

We don't have any admitted LO aircraft, quite likely for the same four
reasons we only have four leased C-17s: money, cash, moolah and dinero.

If we're up against the sort of quality opposition that _needs_ stealth
aircraft, the US has them and is on our side; if not, the money's better
spent on enhancing more conventional capabilities (like, getting Link-16
so that we're at least on the same network and can swap data properly)
than on buying a handful of F-117-a-likes.

Then you get into the operational analysis issues like "just when does
stealth actually provide a clear benefit anyway?" and that's when the
punch-ups usually start: it's a controversial question. (Sure, stealth
lets you fly through enemy IADS alone (sort of) and unafraid (well,
mostly)... but then the USAF can do that today and tomorrow anyway)

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W S Churchill

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