ELi5: What makes stealth planes stealthy?

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I know they’re made to go off the radar but im still here wondering if they’re anywhere close to the Helicarriers in Avengers

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In addition, to radar, they have a small thermal signature. It wouldn’t do much good for them to be invisible to radar if they looked like a bonfire to a heat-seeking missile. So the engine exhaust is on the top of the wing, screened from the ground, and mixed with more air to cool it somewhat.

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