How Stealth Changed Modern Warfare

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Stealth has changed the way warfare is conducted allowing those with it to invade deep into another's territory to cause extensive damage with a just a few aircraft compared what would have been needed just a couple of decades ago. But it's not a one-way street, radar system and opponents have become much better at detecting what was once virtually undetectable. This is the story of how stealth changed modern warfare.
Written, researched and presented by Paul Shillito
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[@revolutionarycomrade]

Great to see you posting again 😁❤

[@jaredyoung5353]

Don’t forget stealth missiles. Solid vid!

[@molnibalage83]

9:13 This seems to me urban legend. I spoke with Zoltan Dani face to face quite long and he never mentioned this... F-16s also was in the air and just departed before the engagement Dani saw them on the indicator of the P-18 radar. Of course he did not know the type but F-16s were in the air that day. In short about the F-117 vs S-125 and about the system itself. www.mediafire.com/folder/ibpuhagkr7a8w/ENG_-_HT_Osszefoglalo

[@arcanondrum6543]

@Event Horizons Nope! Stealth is a Lie. Just a PROFITABLE Lie. Good RADAR Scan across a broad spectrum of frequencies and the US Air Force knew that because they Jammed the Iraqi RADAR when they sent (only) two F-117's' to start Desert Storm. When RADAR became legal to Ticket Speeders, people owning Fiberglass Body Corvettes thought they might be "invisible" too but inside the Corvette and the F-35 is a very large engine and Multi-Spectrum RADAR paints a very clear picture of that. So, if the US Air Force Jams Iraqi RADAR when ONLY TWO "invisible" Aircraft are in the Sky, when every "Stealth" Aircraft so far has been either canceled or had a very short run and when a fiberglass Chevy Corvette can be seen by an inexpensive Police RADAR then the *only* thing about Stealth that IS true so far is the hefty profit - maybe you should hang on to your wallet. The peak production cycle of the F-35 is projected to DOUBLE the ENTIRE US Budget. Profits for some, poverty for the rest.

[@JohnSmith-qv6hp]

What the hell one stealth a/c lost to enemy.action so far that's no reason to complain about survivability in combat

[@richardbrayshaw570]

That's the first time I've seen an explanation for that F-117 kill in Serbia. Very interesting! Thanks Paul.

[@nesa1126]

Zoltan did not wanted to talk about it fo yeaaars...

[@RhapsodicXStyle07]

Yea, the Serbs had all the chips fall into place to pull it off.

[@kyle857]

@@RhapsodicXStyle07 And they are so damn proud of it. Apparently it is their only military accomplishment.

[@Wustenfuchs109]

@@kyle857 Nope, hardly the only one. But that response is the result of spite (good ol' Serbian quality) for boasting so much about the "invisible plane". When you boast about something, and get slapped, you sure as hell are going to be ridiculed for it. That's the whole reason behind it. What we ARE proud about though (from that specific war and the conflict with NATO in particular) is how those expensive planes with cutting edge guidance and weapons... somehow kept hitting microwaves and burning barrels, mistaking them for radar systems and tank engines. It was bloody hilarious - military hardware costing dozens of millions of $ being outsmarted by a $10 microwave. Instead of building schools and hospitals with those ungodly amount of money, taxpayers of the NATO alliance were suckered into wasting it to hunt scrapyard household appliances utilized by the Serbian army. But shooting down a plane, even a stealth one - nope, not a big deal. Shot quite a few of them with barely existing air force, got much more on the ground as well. But that's just regular war stuff, nothing to be especially proud of. Although, that ruse thing and the ass whooping that the US 82nd Airborne got, now, those are the things we are proud of from that war - because it is not every day that an elite professional military formation with air support gets its ass handed to it by conscripted recruits, just sayin'.

[@maxmagnus777]

@@kyle857 Not, really. Serbs won all land battles in that war also. They defended against French artillery, US airforce, NATO commandos, and Albanian fodder. They won ALL the land battles. They had bombed NATO air strips, they had guerilla actions destroying NATO planes deep in Albania. Special forces went into Albania do destroy Albanian artillery. Oh yes and that aggression had ended once NATO started carpet bombing cities, destroying a national TV station, bombing trains, busses etc.

[@dfgdfg_]

The shirt is good for jamming radar :)

[@nasonguy]

Pretty sure he's done an episode on Dazzle camouflage, haha.

[@wormhole331]

Actually the pilot of the F117 that was shot down was wearing this shirt. It has a radar cross section of pluto.

[@zuldgreat]

I think Paul is wearing some sort of Batik cloth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batik

[@yarpyarp5647]

@@zuldgreat no that is a sewn shirt or printed one side

[@bezahltersystemtroll5055]

I wanna like but its at 117 likes already D:

[@TasmanianTiger88]

Legends say that the unique pattern on your shirts deflect heat seeking missiles and radar sweap up to 98 % efficiency.

[@uroskostic8570]

Fun fact, Serbs were also first ever to shot down aircraft in WW-1 with field gun.

[@Helloverlord]

Nah, Bata Zivotinja did that in a movie using M48.

[@terryboyer1342]

Tesla was Serbian.

[@komarovosevastopol]

False it was cold war radar

[@Yora21]

Since the 88mm Anti-Air gun made for a fantastic field gun, that doesn't surprise me very much.

[@ivankraljevic1]

@@terryboyer1342 nope

[@zeberto1986]

Funniest thing with steath tech was that it was a soviet mathematician who laid the initial ground work but the soviets ignored his work allowing the usa to gain a massive technical advantage

[@xw591]

Who?

[@colemanbishop1123]

It blows my mind that Christian von Koenigsegg has the free time to make these videos

[@philippbaumann769]

I knew he seemed familiar!

[@jonmikolajewski7167]

I thought it was Conleth Hill

[@AverageAlien]

wait

[@austingriff5905]

Wait, this is his KZbin page? If so that’s super dope. Big fan of Koenigsegg especially their early models. Pure hp and performance not much in the way of extreme tech although their new models are indeed revolutionary.

[@austingriff5905]

Idk if it’s him or not. Looks strikingly similar but Koenigsegg has a different voice from what I’ve heard on his Koenigsegg videos

[@maxmagnus777]

Serbs: Sorry we did not know it was invisible!

[@xFlow777]

It's invisible to radar not human eye lol, how would you see it in airshows if it was "invissible". The problem was they knew what to look for and where.

[@maxmagnus777]

@@xFlow777 well actually it is not the problem. It was really easy to detect it. As I served in Serbian anti-aircraft unit I can tell you this with 100% confidence. Anyways after shooting it down somebody wrote a graffiti saying: "Sorry we did not know it was invisible!" That quote had since spread like a wildfire.

[@xFlow777]

@@maxmagnus777 but it was, they were actively looking for it, knowing what to look for, when and where, it took this much preperation and effort to get a single plane down

[@maxmagnus777]

@@xFlow777 100% TRUE. It took tons of effort. Still 2 of them were hit. An US pilot admitted 5-6 months ago. One could had been a fluke.

[@NoTraceOfSense]

Serbs: DO THE IMPOSSIBLE, SEE THE INVISIBLE, ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWA!

[@exsappermadman25055]

The Nighthawk still looks evil even to this day. If I saw that thing flying towards me I'd be outta there sharpish!......

[@exsappermadman25055]

@@_CJ Yeap, but I wouldn't just stand there admiring it!....I'd do the old Monty Python command: "Run away".......

[@Sanchez9531]

It looks evil because it's built by evil people for evil purposes, But really it's mostly piece of junk designed to intimidate rather than perform, because the only countries they dare to attack with these planes are small and less developed countries with no defense capability.

[@exsappermadman25055]

@@Sanchez9531 I'll stick to expert opinions on such matters and not creepy mofos on YT spouting crap, cheers......

[@Sanchez9531]

@@exsappermadman25055 it does look evil, im just speaking to you humanly but not surprised you're not getting it. Also the numbers show these planes are junk. It's because US weapons are manufactured by private companies costing 6 times more and all the money goes to corrupt contractors. Hence they're making the planes look intimidating to make up for the lack of performance.

[@exsappermadman25055]

@@Sanchez9531 "Humanly"?....If you came for a battle of wits it appears you are unarmed. America spends a shit load of money on its military through research and development and the cost of that is factored in to the final cost of the product. Armies, navies and air forces around the planet would kill for their equipment and if you want some Ruskie scrap instead you are welcome to it. I will concede one thing, radar is catching up with stealth technology but, stealth combined with massive speed will just give the radar operator a faster target to watch going out of his/her screen, untouched.......

[@colinmartin9797]

The way I know CD is a great channel is if I see something I wouldn't normally be super interested in, but I see it's narrated by Paul, I always click on it.

[@matthewgarrett9717]

Glad to see Varys on his feet after GoT.

[@ddegn]

The advantate of stealth is *"hard to underestimate"?* This was a great video in spite of the slip up at the beginning. Those were some great shots of the stealth bomber. Thanks for another interesting video.

[@JanStrojil]

Should have been "overstate". :)

[@craigw.scribner6490]

Thanks, Paul, for another great video! Your channel is one of the best and most professional on KZbin, and this episode is one of my favorites. Thanks again and keep up the great work!

[@aaronseet2738]

* US military watches *Predator* "We need to up our game..."

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That segue to advertisement at the end is legit. Great video, as always!

[@rianjohnsonruinedstarwars3806]

Amazing description of this tech. The absolute best I've seen yet. Thank you for sharing. I have always wondered how that f117 was shot down.

[@danicic87]

He opened "bomb door" + stealth does not work in certain situation ( for example b2 stealth was much lower in/near clouds because of moisture ) . It was probably combination of those factors. There are stories that that even b2 was hit / damanged over serbia ( I am 50-50 on that story ) Try to look at stealth as "desired improvement" but not as "ultimate/wonder weapon" ...

[@ivanlagrossemoule]

@@danicic87 The B-2 that was "hit/damaged" was claimed to have been shot down by Serbs. It's Spirit of Missouri and you can still see it fly to this day.

[@ivanlagrossemoule]

@Gmail X Nope, stealth absolutely massacred Iraqi air defenses.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Gmail X - Apart from the two gulf wars of course.

[@danicic87]

​@@ivanlagrossemoule of 21( or so ) b2 bombers 17-18 or ate photographed by spoters after 1999... Serbian story goes like this, plane returned back to base but it was heavy damaged , "accident" hapend on one of b2 after bombing in 2000, and they "written off" that same aircraft. I am not saying story is true I am saying that this is story, or part of story that makes most sence and is most belivable ( most other versions are pure bullshit ) ... Personally I do belive that one b2 was damaged. I will not go into details why I belive that because I will have to spend 2 days typing one comment... At the end myb we will know all what happend in 20-30 years myb we will never know, but this does not matter at the end of the day ... We can estimate now how effective stealth technology is and this is the point .. Let there be peace and only war we see are war games .

[@pebbles9973]

"Sorry, we didn't know it was invisible"

[@p51mustang24]

Jokes aside, stealth has never meant invisible. It just means *less* visible.

[@Dr.Westside]

One aircraft in 50 years . That's a pretty good record .

[@ricardosplace]

As usual, another great piece by the Droid. Great content, superb research!! Congrats!!

[@colossus1167]

Fun fact - 250th Air Defense Missile Brigade that destroyed the F117 few weeks later shoot down one F16 using a new bait tactic. The pilot of that F16 was David L. Goldfein, later a 4 star general and chief of staff of the US Air Force.

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[@LouigiVerona]

Very interesting. Would love more videos on this topic.

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[@okljezcivokodj1993]

When Serbs shot down f 117 nighthawk in 1999 we had a joke "We are sorry for shooting it down, we didn't know it was invisible."

[@laetrille]

Why do you gloat about one shot down when NATO raped your forces, "Sorry we did not know you did not want to be bombed"

[@sumerbc7409]

wow man. 1 plane out of 1,000s... wouldn't win a war on that ratio....

[@carmenschumann826]

@@sumerbc7409 . . . .1 plane out of 1,000s ? Which 1000s?

[@Sveta7]

@@laetrille How exactly did it rape our forces, they only got around 10 tanks throughout the whole campaign, the only thing they "raped" are civilians and civilian targets and they also raped most of the Kosovo province with illegal DU munitions which gave their own troops cancer as well as local residents...

[@sumerbc7409]

So far 14 nations operate F-35, 3,400 will be manufactured, U.S. is buying 2,400... if they are pointed at you you won't be alive to gloat over 1 shoot down 20 years ago...

[@spacecowboy2483]

Very interesting video and excellently researched, as usual. Just a minor correction: You said the Serbian General used its radar in the "lowest possible meter wavelength setting", which got me puzzled since I would have expected it to be the lowest possible *frequency* setting (wavelength and frequency are inversely related). Later you mentioned the radar was operating in a low frequency setting, which made more sense. I guess it was a case of accidentally switching terms.

[@mhamma6560]

I have to hand it to you, this by far and large one of the most accurate assessments given public knowledge. Every video I watch in this realm always makes some wild claims in one fashion or another, but you hit the nail squarely on the head with this one. You should have included that the SAM operator and the F117 pilot are now good friends. Oh, and the new HARM missiles have multimode seekers now so shutting off the radar won't help. They'll still fly to the area where the radar went silent and go active with its own MMwave radar to locate and kill it. With sensor fusion and networked battlefield, no enemy vehicle is going to "dark".

[@DomoKuchikan]

Great script and video material! I learned a lot of new things :)

[@codyhowes2110]

Awesome love when u post

[@TrenchSniper21]

Thanks for another great video Paul!

[@iandetroitdieselpower3498]

That Serb Commander was, gopnik level 100 to shoot down the f117

[@strahinjastevic7480]

The guy that shot it down was hungarian

[@uroskostic8570]

@@strahinjastevic7480 In Yugoslavian army the time...

[@ttsalo]

Also you should totally make an episode about how stealth was going to make all the conventional air defense obsolete but didn't.

[@tommacegan19]

Wonderful show again, per usual!

[@DaveWhiteInYoFace]

Love your videos Paul!

[@harshpathak6555]

Excellent Coverage and Presentation always 👍👍

[@40rtyp]

Once again, another outstanding video! Thank you!!

[@kiloalphahotel5354]

Thanks for the vid. Always great.

[@srsneakyrussian7618]

Been a while! Love your work!

[@scunnerdarkly4929]

One of the few subs I actually get excited about when a notification lands 👍

[@colinrimmer789]

Another great video superbly presented.

[@Kronoc]

"Other radar systems which use low frequency VHF"...... -use low frequency VHF........ -use low frequency Very High Frequency Sorry, just personally thought this was kinda funny.

[@override7486]

Yeah, I thought for a moment I have no idea what VHF stands for, especially where my Dad is Ham radio operator and myself spent most of my childhood and some adult years in the HAMRadio club with various forms and methods to make communication more fun and less boring...

[@patdbean]

HF is 3mhz to 30mhz, VHF is 30mhz to 300mhz and UHF is 300mhz to 3ghz etc etc

[@Solnoric]

Compared to radar which operates above UHF...

[@andyalder7910]

Low end of the VHF spectrum maybe.

[@override7486]

@@andyalder7910 I guess he referred to shortwave frequency band? ~30Mhz, popular 10 meter band (28-30Mhz)

[@seaskimmer]

I love the way you went from stealth into VPN staying hidden. Very smooth and satisfying, as was the video. Thank you.

[@JohnSmith-qv6hp]

Radar avoidance was used as soon as it was developed ww2 low level treetops flying to go under the radar stated the battle of the beams

[@p51mustang24]

The Germans also had a functional flying wing bomber which would have had a very low radar return for it's day, functionally a stealth design. It never entered serial production, as the Germans were not in a position to be building offensive equipment in '44/45. Whether or not they had any intention of building it intentionally as a stealth aircraft is hard to say.

[@spacecatboy2962]

i do not understand how you do not have at least 3 million subscribers with all the great, well done videos you put up.

[@eferho95]

I love this guy and this channel! It's awesome, just awesome

[@msb3235]

Damn, I always thought those helmet mounted display was just a technological show off..turn out another helping tools to increase stealthy efficiency. Thank Curious Droid!

[@AdurianJ]

It was the battery search radar that caught the F117 on it's third sweep and this enabled them to guide in the fire control radar.

[@matt.willoughby]

Ingenious approach by General Dani, very impressive.

[@teddy.d174]

Excellent video! Hubris brought down that F-117 as much as any other factor.

[@zsolex63]

Curious Droid and Darkdocs new video on a same day awesome 😁

[@kolikoasdpvp]

"sorry we didn't know it was invisible" -Serbs after shooting down F-117

[@eckasas]

Good luck with throwing those granades into a damn basements full of old men, women and children. You should hang everyone one who did sh!t like that... oh and say hi to(notice? no capital letters because he was just like hitler) milosevic.

[@kyle857]

It is such an unoriginal and retarded comment.

[@kolikoasdpvp]

@@kyle857 you're like a karen but male version

[@kolikoasdpvp]

@@eckasas tf are you talking about

[@infinitelyexplosive4131]

Do you also think that new cars aren't safer because people still die in car collisions? We shouldn't bother with infantry camouflage because it doesn't make them _literally invisible?_

[@xLordSpicy]

Fascinating as always

[@jona.scholt4362]

I remember keeping that newspaper from that day as a 15 year old thinking, "this is something that isn't supposed to happen". Yes, I was and still am a huge aviation geek. Also, remember newspapers? I kinda miss them, like the video stores; too many choices these days makes it hard to pick. Sorry, random, I know.

[@antonleimbach648]

I was on a USN Destroyer off the coast of Yugoslavia during this time. My rate was Fire Control and I spent a lot of time staring at a radar screen. I cannot imagine what warfare would be like without radar. My radar could track the individual engines on a passenger jet with ease and most military jets showed up just fine. I do not know if we ever got a track on a stealth fighter.

[@bobthompson4319]

Stealth also makes it hard for millimeter wave tracking radar for fire control to target the aircraft and fire a missile. So even though the passive bipositon radar can tell something is there they cant shoot at it.

[@erictaylor5462]

3:30 Aircrew shot down and captured during combat are not hostages. They are POW's, assuming there is a war on.

[@useodyseeorbitchute9450]

Assuming one is fighting with side that actually follows rules of war...

[@Yora21]

Under the rules of war, yes. But politically they can still be used as hostages just the same.

[@p51mustang24]

@@useodyseeorbitchute9450 Pretending NATO, expecially the USA follows the rules of war is a bit silly. Remember when USA/GB very intentionally firebombed hundreds of thousands of civilians in the refuge city of Dresden, as well as Tokyo? Remember when the USA assassinated Soleimani? Or that time we killed over a million Iraqi civilians?

[@useodyseeorbitchute9450]

​@@p51mustang24 If you complain about rather civilised NATO countries, then which group of countries (or main power) would you like to present as example of actually adhering to the rules of war? BTW: during WW2 there were no rules against carpet bombing (unless it was an open city) and in case of Soleimani if you point out anything about illegitimacy of covert attacks and assassinations, then you are sort of condemning this guy whole career.

[@chrisi7127]

@@p51mustang24 NATO was formed in 1949. Tokyo was bombed in 1942. Dresden wa bombed in 1945.

[@RameenFallschirmjager]

It was the most sophisticated, elaborate ad for nord vpn! Kudos, I quite enjoyed it!

[@ShadowOppsRC]

Thank over zealous, cocky cammanders that distegarded the fact that the nighthawk and b-2 were designed to enter air space at different places and never use the same entrance twice.

[@calvinnickel9995]

That’s the realities of war. Often physical, geographical, or political realities mean options for mission diversity are limited. That’s one of the reasons why the SR-71 was successfully intercepted repeatedly by the Soviets and by the Swedes as well.

[@hinzuzufugen7358]

Marvelously enlightening.

[@maclain728]

Thought this was discussing Call of Duty

[@benchapple1583]

The tail plane and other bits of the F117 that the Serbs shot down is available to view in the air museum right next to the airport in Surčin (Nikola Tesla airport Belgrade). I know, I've put my hand on it. It's made of interwoven 3mm black ribbons (graphite?). You can also sit on a Tomahawk cruise missile. I know, I've sat on it. If you're an air nut then this museum is the most fantastic place on the planet, and you'll have it all to yourself, it'll be completely empty. Cost is less than 5 Euros, 2.50 Euros if you're not a foreigner which is of course illegal, but that's Serbia. It's within a stones throw (maybe arrow shot) of the airport.

[@davidsmall6322]

I thought it would be "hard to overestimate" ....

[@macdom24]

Thank you that made my brain glitch when he said that,

[@777jones]

Matthew MacDonald he is saying it is beneath contempt.

[@amirmograbi]

Yes!

[@spacecowboy2483]

Actually I think he said it right, in the sense that "stealth technology is so obviously advantageous that you would have to be too [insert derogatory adjective here] not to see it"

[@mikecurtin9831]

@@macdom24 Me too.

[@thewaywardgrape3838]

Mr. Shillito, Could you do a video of Submarine stealth? Appreciate your content, my favourite learning channel.

[@user-bq7sn9ji3u]

I was actually looking for a space video, even though, great video

[@TheblueTraxxasRustler]

this system of stealth is so complex but also amazing and combat will be what people thought was science fiction

[@blendpinexus1416]

i have read a few stories about f35 and f22 aircraft sneaking up and examining enemy aircraft without the knowledge of the enemy pilot until the stealth aircraft made itself visible to the pilot.

[@MichaelCasey1988]

I remember touching one of these as a teenager when I wasn't supposed to. It felt like Cardbord paper

[@oukifuma]

Love the pink batik!

[@Shadowstray]

That was the stealthiest transition to a sponsor spot ever!

[@johnniesnebula]

Greetings from Serbia :D

[@calvinnickel9995]

Too soon.

[@BramdeVogel]

I would like it if you would include sources in the video description. You state that the Serbs had cracked NATO codes, which would be a major feat especially for such a small country, and I can't find any other source backing up this claim. If it happened, how do we know about it (no party would publicly admit it), by whom were the codes cracked (Former Yugoslav / Serbia, provided by Russia / former Soviet states?) and how did this affect other army operations at the time? It's a pretty major thing to only reference so shortly and without source IMO.

[@danicic87]

Radio amateurs were sending information when some plane was taking off in NATO bases this is only "cracking of NATO code" that existed as far as I know .

[@nesa1126]

I heard rumors that Serbia had agent in Pentagon for some short time. Apparently they knew all targets for first month or so. But who knows is it true... Probably not. Also head of Serbian inteligence for most of 90s, Jovica Stanisic was possibly working for CIA (UK ambassador claimed that on Jovicas trial and CIA or somone sent some files...). So, weird shit...

[@ivanlagrossemoule]

Yeah, a lot of what's claimed around the F-117 shoot down is just repeated propaganda, rumors and so on. Even decent sources will have wildly varying claims.

[@dhardy6654]

We use brevity code....id bet thats about all they cracked.

[@patrickf.4440]

Romulan Cloaking Device: very good unless you are up against Capt. Kirk!

[@travelinman70]

what was "the first and second Gulf Wars"? Asks an Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm veteran. FYI, by combining various radar cross signatures, enemies and put together the "flocks of fast flying birds" into an aircraft. Bonus fact, when first testing the radar signature of stealth tech on a fixed platform, it was thought that it didn't work as well as expected. Until they realized that the fixed platform was producing the radar image and they had to "stealth" the platform too.

[@dazuk1969]

Yup, a lot of people think stealth means invisible. It doesn't. It is like looking at a door face on...then turning it on its side. It just makes it harder to see it.

[@joenichols3901]

A gift to the algorithm. Great video

[@ahumblerequest5222]

Sir, your shirt is amazingly psychedelic

[@snuffeldjuret]

fascinating stuff.

[@egomate]

10:32 from the soviet comedy "The Keys of Skies" (1964) IMDb ID 0314279

[@TheTechCorner]

Still love the intro of every video on this channel! It age's well!

[@danchang9976]

F35: i am going to pretend i didnt see that

[@GeFlixes]

2:22 Sorry to disappoint, but that one is carrying 2x GBU-12s (left wing, laser-guided free-fall bombs) and a Maverick (right wiing thermal or optical guided stand-off air-to-ground missile) with two AIM-120 on the wing tips.

[@maggus999]

And the first F16 shown is not equipped with HARMs either, only 120s

[@GeFlixes]

@@maggus999 They're not exclusive to each other in this case - it's hard to judge if the HARMs are obstructed by parts of the aircraft body or the AIM-120s themselves (as the pylon structure itself seems to be in place), but yes they're not visible in the picture, which is a bad example of 'F-16 carrying anti-radiation missiles'. However, absence of proof is not proof of absence in this case.

[@1977Yakko]

I know the F-35 gets a lot of hate for its alleged performance issues but keep in mind it's an information superiority platform... with missiles.

[@andyk9685]

Paul, with all my respect F-16 on 2:00 does not carry the AGM-88 HARM missile but the AIM-120 AMRAAM. In the case of the F-16, the HARM missile is carried on under-winged catches.

[@13ig13oots]

Was chatting to a friend today...we came to the conclusion that a Sopwith Camel would have bugger all heat signature or radar cross section.

[@Gargantura]

Nice batik Droid!

[@cdp200442]

Great video

[@Rtyuvcf]

Thank you, it’s very interesting

[@chrissartain4430]

My favorite Subject Stealth, wearing a Samurai Shirt, All you need is an eye-skirted Straw hat & a Pose!

[@carbon_no6]

The B-2 Bomber is in a class of its own and will always be! It’s also the most beautiful aircraft!

[@Dr.Westside]

Last I checked a golf ball is a golf ball . No matter what it's made out of It's the same size , or it's not a golf ball .

[@alexrodaro1]

So advanced that one got catched by a stinger hand-lunched in Jugoslavia in the '90

[@TheExoplanetsChannel]

One day, stealth could be *_invisible_*

[@rolandhazuki8787]

You're mean by "Optical Camouflage"?

[@asvarien]

@Blob B Never say never. Whilst it's extremely unlikely I can't claim to know enough to say it's outright physically impossible and I doubt you do either.

[@generalzod8589]

That pilot who left his bomb bay doors open,must have been the episode of the Simpsons,where Homer joined the air force. BOOM!! DOH!

[@ivanfeher6110]

Hi didn't leave them open. He was about to hit a target, thus opened the bomb bay doors.

[@generalzod8589]

@@ivanfeher6110 That's not what the video said. "Left the bomb bay doors open".