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PostPosted: Thu May 06, 2004 23:22 pm 
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http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/el ... 0168.shtml

From here it shows that hte B-2 is teh stealthiest and not the F/A-22.

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#1- the F-15 number is most likey a decimal point error because head-on the F-15 has a high RCS (F-15E has been reduced)

#2- nobody in the public domain knows anything about the RCS of B-2 or F-22, BUT the B-2 could POTENTIALLY be lower as it's size actually helps it to be undetected by low freq search RADARs, Once your wingspan is equal to the freq wavelength (or harmonics there-of) it is almost impossible to hide from that particular RADAR, so a smaller plane has a greater chance of matching the wavelength of a RADAR or the harmonics of that RADARs fequency. A BIG wingspan would likely be too large to match a harmonic and would only have to worry about the actuall wavelength. We have NO idea what freq those numbers represent, but it IS a good referance chart, I have one with several mnore planes than that chart.

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ALso, you are all missing the most obvious of points.. The F-22 is designed to be a Fighter first, a Stealth Aircraft second...

The B-2 is subsonic, designed to penetrate extremely hostile airspace in a flat trajectory with as little maneuvering as possbile... It only makes sense its design would be stealthier...

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