On 08 Jan 2004 17:19:46 GMT, (Denyav) wrote:

Stealth aircraft have a need for protection from the weather. It's got
nada to do with security from photos. And, many military bases don't
allow flight line pictures, even

Right,the passive stealth is an extremely "sight-sensitive" technology.Any
trained eye could figure out threat and non threat zones if he or she gets a
glimpse of the platform.
That was the reason why even the security personel were not allowed to look at
f117 during tests three decades ago.
But have you any idea why every US passive stealth platform is on display now
almost on daily basis?
Because you dont even need to know the shape of stealth platform in order to
effectively counter it now.
Technology did not stop thirty years ago.

True, Soviet technology stopped at least forty years ago.

Al Minyard