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To: mdmathis6

Dunno.

Some of the fighter jock types on FR here may know.


36 posted on 11/26/2004 2:20:56 PM PST by Darksheare (Love, stay thy hand)
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To: Darksheare; mdmathis6
Why only mach 0.8?

Maybe for the same reason that the F-117 is a subsonic aircraft. Speed means heat, heat means visibility, visiblity is bad. The lower the heat signature overall on the airframe, the less visible it is to infrared systems.

42 posted on 11/26/2004 2:30:21 PM PST by Tennessee_Bob (Come on you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?)
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