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Originally Posted by seafarer
Seems to me that even with the stealth aspects of current DDs and such, the idea is just to reduce their hard point radar returns to the point they are at least not distinguishable easily as a warship. It's not like a B-2 or F-117 where the idea is to shrink the whole radar signature down to such a small size the entire aircraft gets completely missed against the background.
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The F-117 has quite a large radar cross section as compared to a B-2 or an F-22. They are being retired for this reason alone. To expensive to maintain, such as sparying it with RAM prior to flight, etc. The F-22 can accomplish a lower RCS without any maitenance or RAM coatings.
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