Sixteen years after it was shot down by Yugoslav air forces during the NATO bombing, the wreckage of a US stealth plane is still proudly displayed at the Belgrade Museum of Aviation.
They were good if you were facing an enemy without the specific types of radar that could actually detect you, but against peer adversaries they might only give you a few more seconds of leeway. In the case of this particular one, it was because the missile operator waited for the bomb bay doors to open before turning on his radar, allowing the severely outdated missile to actually lock on before american SEAD could target him.
They were good if you were facing an enemy without the specific types of radar that could actually detect you, but against peer adversaries they might only give you a few more seconds of leeway. In the case of this particular one, it was because the missile operator waited for the bomb bay doors to open before turning on his radar, allowing the severely outdated missile to actually lock on before american SEAD could target him.