Is there any strategical or functional advantage to the shape of the B-2 stealth bomber? Why is it so geometrical?
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Yes. It’s designed to not reflect radar back to radar stations. Curved surfaces do this by absorbing most of it and reflecting the remainder in every direction, and angular surfaces do this by reflecting it away from the direction it came from. So that’s why the side view of the B2 is very curvy, but from above it has a lot of sharp edges; it’s just to keep radar from seeing it for what it is.
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