clipka <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "Carriers of the Ford class will incorporate many new design features including
> [...] stealthier features to help reduce radar profile"

> Uh-huh... yes, that makes perfect sense of course... hiding an aircraft
> carrier...

> HUH???

> How can you be stealthy about an *Aircraft Carrier*??

  Even stealth planes are not totally "stealthy". They are invisible to
radar only when farther away than a minimum distance from a radar. Of
course for bombers and small fighter planes this minimum distance is
enough for practicaly purposes (they seldom fly at low altitudes right
over an enemy radar).

  I imagine that the idea in making an aircraft carrier stealthier is that
it's more difficult to detect by radar from a long distance, so it can
get closer to the enemy without being detected (and then send the planes).

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                                                          - Warp

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