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To: sukhoi-30mki

That topside is a pretty tough sell for anything resembling stealth.

Stealth depends on much more than coatings:

#1 Size, apertures, superstructure
#2 Shape
#3 Coatings, treatments

There are also many curious phenomena associated with the sea - temperature inversions, humidity layers all sorts of things that can make the results seem what they may not be.


3 posted on 07/04/2011 6:08:03 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: All

don’t let the chinese steal this.
free taiwan. they should have nukes too if chinese does.


4 posted on 07/04/2011 6:19:39 AM PDT by VAFreedom (maybe i should take a nap before work)
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To: RFEngineer

Could be a pic of the older version.


8 posted on 07/04/2011 7:24:07 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Democrats = authoritarian socialists)
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