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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So radar works by essentially sending out radio waves and “listening” to how they bounce back. Think about it like pushing a wave in water and locating rocks by the waves that bounce off of them and come back to you.
Stealth planes are shaped in such a way that they minimize this bounce back. Like a knife making minimal waves when you cut through water. Unless a government uses super sensitive equipment, it’ll be hard to locate.
There’s also a different technique they can use where they “listen” for the radar sound waves and use their own equipment to send out a sound to counter or cover up the bounce back. Although, I’m not sure how commonly used this technique is, because it’s super tricky to pull off.
Edit: I said sound waves, but it’s radio.
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