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[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

wait how does this avoid detecting by radar?

[–] vale@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Radar is basically the same thing as a flashlight. If you want to hide from someone's flashlight you have two options: absorb the light with a material (such as VantaBlack), or reflect the light away from the transmitter. The old solution was to do the latter, which is why the F-117 has odd angles: to bounce the light away from the transmitter.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

makes sense, thx

[–] Raxiel@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Presumably the same way the F-117 does

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago