That’s why the USAF actually calls it Low Observable, not Stealth. LO refers to signature reduction across the electromagnetic spectrum as well as noise reduction. (View Post)

Unless the Iranians have actually constructed a no-point safe nuclear bomb - a nuclear bomb that can yield significantly with a single point of detonation* - there is no possibility of a nuclear expl… (View Post)

Lawn chairs. From Walmart. They take turns having a kip on one on long flights, on the B2. (View Post)

There are plane spotters camped outside the Whitman fence. Any time something takes off, they report it. (View Post)

One of the first things that US recon satellites were used for was creating accurate maps of the USSR. The second thing was as an accurate gravimetric model of the world. Gravity varies slightly from… (View Post)