YF-23 The World's Only INVISIBLE airplane

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Its beautiful. its awesome. And it has an RCS about the size and shape of a spider. The documentary WEB OF SECRECY looks at the men who made it. At last we know the truth about why the Air Force trashed it!
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[@demoanddestroy]

Northrop got robbed. This aircraft is one of the most beautiful planes ever produced. It’s a shame that this aircraft never got put into service.

[@piyushistrash8765]

This plane is so stealthy it never seen in war

[@garethwilkin5565]

The YF-23 should've gotten the contract.

[@ack434]

f-22's are less stealth than slower than the yf-23's, but more agile than the yf-23's

[@JVD8383]

No shit

[@garethwilkin5565]

happiest mlg noob noscoper PAV 2 was the fastest with it's General Electric engines and could super cruise faster than mach 1.8

[@AZURA888]

YF-23 is more like a little fast bomber than a fighter, is like the continuation of the family B-52, B1, B2 and this one.

[@imthefuckinglizardking4590]

The agility difference between the two was minimal the thrust vectoring didn't make much of a difference for the F22 they both achieved the same 70degree aoa. The difference was the Northrup team wasn't allowed to say the flight capabilities at the time because the numbers were so good the air force literally didn't believe them. The big difference was the huge canted vertical stabilizers don't have flaps they actually fully rotate

[@MilitaryUpdate]

may be this plane could replace F-35

[@getstuffed2391]

Military Update I doubt it this plane was meant to beat the f 22 in air superiority the f 35 is multi role so it isn’t a feasible replacement

[@beeter3588]

It’s a good plane, but it wouldn’t have the same capabilities, mainly VTOL

[@innovationaviator9125]

F35 cannot be replaced.

[@eleventy-seven]

@@innovationaviator9125 F35 Rand study Cant fight Cant Run visible in IR double negative in Rand.

[@user-wc3wu2mx3m]

Yeahh no. 2 completely different planes for completely different purposes.

[@Aim54Delta]

It really depends upon what airspeed you're talking about. The F-23 had superior maneuverability at higher airspeeds, and also had laminar flow over its wings through much greater angles of attack (because of the same wedge wing design that reduced viscous drag). The F-22 had superior handling at low airspeeds due to thrust vector control. It basically boils down to whether you want to look good at airshows or kill things.

[@robertmiles9942]

Funny, for an invisible plane I find it surprisingly easy to see.

[@robertmiles9942]

Invisible means 'not visible to the eye.' The use of 'invisible' to say 'not detectable by radar' is hyperbole. Furthermore, it *is* detectable by radar. It is just less detectable. Between the two of us, I am clearly not the dumbass. You can keep your personal insults to yourself, along with the rest of your worthless, ignorant words. Thanks.

[@jorelldye4346]

+Robert Miles Actually "invisible" can mean very different things depending on context. Duke University researchers just invented an acoustic cloaking device that is "invisible to sonar". It isn't an impossible exaggeration, but rather an alternate definition, so the word hyperbole was inappropriate for your comment as well. Your first comment was clever and funny, but your second comment was neither. You're certainly not a dumbass, but that guy is indeed a prick.

[@GreatGorgeousGordon]

+Robert Miles LOL Well I thought it was a funny comment.......

[@SimplyBest2]

+Robert Miles yes, you maybe have an invisible brain due to it was covered by skull & skin but i can see clearly that your brain is empty but air on it.

[@micheltangy2725]

Youre so stupid its not even near funny

[@MomberyMochi]

Every Time I pass Zamperini Field in Torrance, California I give a nod the YF-23 sitting there. It's a gorgeous aircraft sitting there as a memorial to what could have been.

[@EarendilTheBlessed]

1:20 Oh wow this Top Gun music. Definitly needed it

[@davidcollings8376]

I worked at Edwards Air Force Base during the YF-22 and YF-23 fly off. First of all the real name of the YF-23 was the "Gray Ghost" until the Northrup-McDonald Douglas team found out that they had named their airplane after Lockheed's first test vehicle of the P-80 (F-80), which was given the nick name and call sign, the "Grey Ghost" because it was painted grey and it was so fast for its time that it came and went like a ghost. Next, the radar guided telescopes/video cameras at the Ridely Mission Control Test facility had no problem locking in on to the YF-23 and was able to follow both of the test aircraft's flight path during testing, so it was not very "stealthy". What finally happened to the two YF-23 prototypes is one was left out in the sun at Edwards for several years to test the damage done to the composites during extended exposure to the elements. It was first stored on the flight line and them moved over to the B-2 Combined Test Facility. The second one was taken and used as a target to test the impact damage done by rounds from various types of ordnance. While the results were used to help in the design of other aircraft, it is still a sad way to end a very unique looking aircraft.

[@lkj17]

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[@harris.atjehabdullah6872]

bull shit.. i can see it

[@InVisibleTechTV]

Not on a radar screen you can't. It shows up as a spider. Fact.

[@CAL1MBO]

+InVisibleTechTV F22 is better

[@Kyronex]

+J Y Probably you don't know that there was to prototipe of planes calle YF-22 and YF-23, YF-22 wins and become the actual F-22, YF-23 programm lose and was deleted, but they are two different planes.

[@JasonSmith-yb3ci]

+InVisibleTechTV " Not on a radar screen you can't. It shows up as a spider. Fact. " Is that fact huh, it will literally look like a spider on the radar screen? That's a HUGE blip compared to the little dots that usually show up then and whats more, everyone will know what plane it is because of its distinctive "spider" outline on the radar.

[@dukenukem3370]

Isis and Taliban didn't see it,maybe you can help them .lmao

[@pressstart1490]

Alien's Ufo: Hold my Plutonium

[@rizkyfajarfarhansyah3847]

Narrator:"Beyond sound barrier" Me:"Beyond budget"

[@punisher0276]

Better than the YF22

[@ednuttah]

Wish the price tag was invisible.

[@Retroscoop]

That can be fixed, but the price itself remains the same unfortunately

[@esdsohx1196]

I bet it would be same as the F 22 because it doesn't have horizontal stabilizers.

[@balazsbelavari7556]

@@esdsohx1196 what are you talking about? Go warch something about the concept of V-tails

[@michaelmixon1099]

I wish the Air Force had let both planes be built to get a true understanding of which one was actually superior.The F-22 had serious problems.

[@sherlockhomeless2059]

The f-22 goes 3044 mph

[@brianv624]

+Dark Knight LOL it only goes 1498mph... I mean you more than doubled it LMAO...

[@brianv624]

+Brian V Where do you people get this info? The F22 isn't the fastest plane in the US, it just has ability to break sound barrier without using Burners which was a key to the design, speed isn't everything when you can see them before they see you, and you can fire and forget and such.

[@fokjohnpainkiller]

+Dark Knight The YF-23 was much faster during both supercruise *and* full afterburner top speed runs

[@spaceleechman9821]

so did the f-23 (the fighter had structural issues and the vtol was crap) F22 won the competition fairly it was easy to see just watch the documentary it didnt take alot of effort to see whichh was th better fighter. F22 every time.

[@TheGrandShadow_DERPTASTIC]

Yay the F-23 returns :D. I always loved the F-22 and F-23, but was always sad that the F-23 never saw the spotlight like the 22. But now it has returned seemingly better than ever. XD

[@tripleAAAdelay]

hey James, do some reading into the making of this plane. It's pretty awesome even if you don't agree with it's purpose. The technology that comes out of projects like this ends up have a ton of benefits too.

[@MiguelRodriguez-zd6tq]

This plane appears to have gone away. But i'm sure the air force had better plans for this "loser" jet. A plane this good just simply doesn't go away.

[@Cocandre]

+Miguel Rodriguez If it's too expensive and not adapted to the needs (like the F22) it goes away.

[@MiguelRodriguez-zd6tq]

Cocandre yes, it goes away from the general public. But this plane was too good to just throw away. I'm sure many of the new technologies incorpotated were not discarded, specially if the system was considered revolutionary. A similar case: the f18 lost to the f16 in their contest for the USAF's light fighter, in the 70s. But the loser became the navy's premier fighter. Also, when a weapon is too expensive, the brass at the Pentagon will not necessarily discard it ALL the time, just like the f35.

[@mapanggulo]

+Miguel Rodriguez Actually a YF-17 lost to the F-16, the loser became the F-18, which is actually a heavier and slightly larger jet.

[@kentosfreshmaker8850]

+mapanggulo Yeah, after reading up on the contest between yf-22 and yf-23 it seems the testing criteria we're getting weighted for jobs that neither of the planes ultimately ended up being built for ( navy pulled out of the program ). I've heard this plane might have overall, been less expensive and just as capable ( if not more so due to the criteria ). Strange how these were evaluated.

[@Tubetopfan1]

True. It's in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

[@bellelavictorie61]

GUYS, long band radar can detect stealth craft, but it can also detect every tiny particle of matter in the sky until your radar screen is covered with static. It is very hard to use.

[@mammouthlafouinne3678]

This is the demonstrator that competed alongside the Lockheed YF-22 for the 5th generation stealth fighter contest. Lockheed eventually won the contest but the F-22 retained most interesting features displayed in the YF-23 including some of its key point geometry and its supercruise turbofan engines.

[@KabukeeJo]

A Thing of true Beauty!

[@homoignobilis]

The F23 had several problems according to the US Defense Dept., if you believe them: #1 It was too hard to handle, #2 It was too complicated and too expensive because the DOD framed out components to so many places and design specs could never be met, #3 Components broke down so often, especially in flight that repair time turnarounds were impossibly long, #4 It never met performance claims, #5 It was horribly expensive to build and took so long to assemble that only a few were ever made, #6 The test pilots hated it and said it handled erratically, responded oddly and simply was not safe and #7 It used too much fuel. The F22's neatest feature was that it had vectored thrust. the F23 could have had it added, but it didn't have it. This was the "Official" rejection notice. But everyone I ever spoke with who was involved with the project said it was the best aircraft of its kind ever made and its pilots said it handled like a dream.

[@Dakers11]

James Barclay Also in Role & yaw authority at high Alpha, the YF-23 exceeded the YF-22. Which 2D TVC does not help. TVC is mostly useful for trim, bleeding speed quickly to reach optimal corner IAS, and for enhanced authority post-stall pitch authority, though. Just from a big fully moveable tail plane like on the the YF-23 without problems like tail slide from TVC . I doubt Northrop would have done silly things like put magnesium access panels on a carbon composite frame & cause unbelievable corrosion problems like Lockheed did .

[@HardcoreGamerish]

Miss those old ad's with those classic music lmao.

[@ThamMalaysia]

A quick glance at the parallelogram wings and ruddervators, the highly canted ruddervators, combined with the sleek, smooth, streamlined fuselage will tell anyone that , even without adding RAM, this plane's fundamental shape beats the F-22 ''Craptor'' hands down in terms of RCS, supercruise and acceleration.

[@socalguy24]

"I put it in front of my family, I put it in front of everything......" smart

[@14iliketurtles]

Dan White Kindof sad

[@tpowell453]

Dan White - Yes, that was sad. When this plane lost the competition, I guess his life was over. That's just stupid.

[@amirhadziabdic9230]

America's got planes nobody seen yet

[@getl0st]

Kind of like Votes for Joe Biden......

[@johnweerasinghe4139]

Are we confusing invisible with stealth? I can imagine certain Serbian gunners going ..." hold my vodka "...

[@nccrawford]

Just watched this documentary, and I've got to say that I expected more...

[@UserName-us1nm]

I can still see the plane. I call bullshit! >:0

[@rednovember2205]

Oh no the Americans posted a video about their stuff, Quick dislike it and express your hatred in the comment section. And that pretty much sums up all videos about America. Yeah im off to play Murica field 4 now.

[@benjaminsales5255]

F u

[@rednovember2205]

Benjamin Sales eh why?

[@rednovember2205]

Still never gave me an answer Mr. Sales.

[@lamarsidoner3250]

AMERICA IS THE SMARTEST IN THE WORLD FOR MAKING THE BEST,,EVERYONE TRIES TO COPY AMERICAN AND STEAL OUR TECHNOLOGY,,AND WHY THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT

[@CONSOLETRUTH2]

No one talks about it but, having a family member the worked at Northrup Grumman for nearly 30 years, in all honesty, the F-22 win because if the fact that there was a "feud/bad blood" between the US Government/Military and Northrop from the early days of the OG flying wing of the 1950s and the subsequent B-2 and thus, because the 23 didn't blow the 22 clearly out of the water (most categories it was decently ahead but not by a huge a margin like the 35 was over the 36), the 22 won the contract.

[@JamesJoyce12]

So - you made a video of an invisible plane. Inigo Montoya: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

[@TrionityIr]

They should have just pick both planes.

[@rednovember2205]

Ever heard of money?

[@TrionityIr]

The Privileged Capitalist I'm sure you have. Besides no one said they were cheap. It pays to be the World's Police.

[@Spacegoat92]

The Privileged Capitalist I know OF money....Hahahahahahahahahhhhh......But seriously. It would have been better to spend the money on this than the F-crappy5

[@555calex]

@Trionity Ir; You are absolutely right. The should have built both planes. The F22 capacity is so limited but it would be perfect replacement for the F16. The F23 could take on large formations of attackers with vane thrusted missiles and an ideal fighter bomber to replace the F15E. Just look at geometry of the F23 tells you this plane can dog fight.

[@TrionityIr]

555calex The worrying part is how they built so few F-22s.

[@senzubean27]

Still convinced this was a better plane than the F-22

[@SunriseLAW]

Absolutely. The defense industry built out the f-22 and now they can waste our resources doing it all over again .

[@georgeturner301]

Cost overruns killed the black widow.

[@danmaxmagic8400]

Politicians messed with its production

[@2ntenz]

daniel ngimoe it never went into production...

[@jonathanwhatley4230]

The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 was an American single-seat, twin-engine fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The design was a finalist in the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition, battling the Lockheed YF-22 for a production contract. Two YF-23 prototypes were built with the nicknames "Black Widow II" and "Gray Ghost". In the 1980s, the USAF began looking for a replacement for its fighter aircraft, especially to counter the USSR's advanced Sukhoi Su-27 and Mikoyan MiG-29. Several companies submitted design proposals; the USAF selected proposals from Northrop and Lockheed. Northrop teamed with McDonnell Douglas to develop the YF-23, while Lockheed, Boeing and General Dynamics developed the YF-22. The YF-23 was stealthier and faster, but less agile than its competitor. After a four-year development and evaluation process, the YF-22 was announced the winner in 1991 and entered production as the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. The U.S. Navy considered using the production version of the ATF as the basis for a replacement to the F-14, but these plans were later canceled. The two YF-23 prototypes were museum exhibits as of 2009

[@fw4753]

Huh

[@robertw1800]

I loved this plane, because of all the Video games it's actually in. It's freaking a BEAST!

[@Elijah9201]

Anyone who hates America should get off this American website.

[@Elijah9201]

***** Haha! Your funny. I am not Israeli.

[@Elijah9201]

***** :P

[@User-nu6km]

+Elijah920 build by indians and chinese from silicon valley

[@richturck259]

+harris3693 Actually, the term is, "For all intents and purposes," NOT, "In all intensive purposes." The correct phrasing is clear and sensible, your version is neither.

[@albedoshader]

+Paul Erricson Yeah, and facebook is Irish. Americans just love Europe if it’s about grabbing more money and evading taxes in the US ;)

[@tedbohne7528]

the F-22 instead of this? got to be a low bid, if any, to give LM the contract

[@kentosfreshmaker8850]

+Wind Squid when was this revealed?

[@joshnj214]

+Kentos Freshmaker Can ye read?

[@tedbohne7528]

www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/12/1464322/-Cutting-ONE-Pentagon-Boondoggle-Would-Allow-Everyone-To-Go-To-College-for-Free-Thru-2040?detail=facebook

[@seretherny]

I read it from somewhere but the us chose the f22 over the 23 was due to f22 more 'conventional' design as the 23's was very different than the planes the air force had

[@kentosfreshmaker8850]

+Wind Squid Yeah, can you cite your sources?

[@dartonmagnusson5783]

So where's the band? My friend told me to check out 23 airplanes but I can't seem to find them.

[@haraldpettersen3649]

Can definitely be recommended if you like flying and flying history.

[@zipz8423]

I kinda preferred the YF-23 over the F-22. Anyone know why the F-22 won the competition?? Lockmart jobs program?? I can see where the Russians and the Chinese got a lot of their cues from in the YF-23.

[@jacobhunter6891]

The F-22 is faster, and has thrust vectoring engines for pulling REALLY intense maneuvers. The F-23 has much longer range and better stealth: it would have worked better as ground-attack aircraft like the F-117, but the F-22 performs better as a fighter.

[@zipz8423]

Jacob Hunter ...Or maybe it was because NG already had the B-2 contract? :P

[@youwanttoliveforever]

Jacob Hunter Plus the F-22 is faster - thats incorrect. the F23 was shaped the way it was because it conformed to the whitcomb area rule, unlike the 22. the PUBLICLY STATED speed of the F22 is greater than the PUBLICLY STATED speed of the YF23. BTW the T/W: of the 22 is 1.08 ... ur wrong there too

[@jacobhunter6891]

youwanttoliveforever I stated the 23's ratio, not the 22's. The F-23's T/W ratio is 1.36 The F-22's T/W ratio is 1.08 Neither of us are wrong.

[@drbendover7467]

Pablo Jay well if the russians and chinese have a plane that looks like the YF23 it just means northrops has a spy or they don't have internet security lol

[@greasedog]

My understanding is the YF-23 was actually a better and more effective product than the accepted YF-22 but some political maneuvering shot it down. Imagine that.

[@davidsherburne8429]

greasedog ....... Maxine Waters said no.

[@patricklewis4867]

@@davidsherburne8429 Actually it was Sam Nunn. He caused Lockheed to move to Georgia to Produce the F-22.

[@Defender78]

its funny how alot of the Sixth Gen fighter concept drawings look remarkably like the YF-23... if the 23 was being built today instead of 1990 it would still be ahead of its time

[@polentusmax6100]

my smartphone screen is cracked, cant see this stealth jet, very impressive

[@thebigserb]

F-117 was once an invisible plane...till it was shot out of the sky.

[@mrclarkson3812]

Its completed 1700 combat missions,its 1700 and 1......:) iT RAN OUT OF TARGETS...

[@thebigserb]

Stacy Clarkson One is enough to give the other guy your technology.

[@6041321as]

bravo!!!

[@user-yb1uk3nn8p]

Big Serb So true.

[@TheChristianRight09]

Big Serb its not that simple.....If a nation has to imitate,that means its always playing catch up...It like trying to win a foot race,with 2 feet in a bucket...The f117 is 1970s American tech...

[@haewien]

Invisible? I can clearly see it in this video...

[@1234zcrom]

cool to finally see the tech we got from the Roswell crash. Although the stealth bomber was also an example.

[@MegaMRCHURRO]

I find the design of the YF-23 to be beautiful and stunning.

[@Scream357]

I'm the only one who thinks that it will be truly invisible once it will be you know... Invisible, not only on radar but also for human eye.

[@tytancampbell6805]

that would be quiet scary watching a man squatting mid air

[@muhammadfarhandamanhuri4960]

Stealth only can reduce radar appearance is not fully invisible..

[@johnbenton4488]

That's funny! I can see it from here.

[@rifletwist]

The Air Force did not want this aircraft...that is fine. I will be more than happy to have it.

[@michaelthelen4840]

Defense Budget US: $612 billion Defense Budget RUS: $76 billion Any questions?

[@pauljackowacko552]

Michael Thelen Yeah is the 612 billion just the minimum cost for the f-35 program........I heard its going really well recently.

[@pauljackowacko552]

Your showing me the cost of 4 or 5 f-35s XD. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II

[@galisraeli4177]

pauljackowacko552 he said bilion not million million-1,000,000 bilion-1,000,000,000

[@pauljackowacko552]

***** Hes telling me the f-35 is 800 million which the program isnt.....but its worth billions.

[@galisraeli4177]

pauljackowacko552 the program itself costs alot thats why it takes so many years to build but the plain costs around 100 million

[@alvind614]

Bring this plane back to production.

[@ack434]

NEVER!

[@alvind614]

Shadow Victory Ray Why not? Just imagine this plane(F-32) and the F-22 together hunting Foreign planes in the skies? It will be Bad Ass!

[@ack434]

Alvin d ooohh, so u meant to replace the f-35 with f-23?

[@alvind614]

Shadow Victory Ray No, Just add the F-35.

[@ack434]

My bad. I thought u meant to replace f-22 with f-23! xd

[@muaathe78]

why you said it is invisible I can see now on youtube :)

[@joo9750]

This is one hell of a test platform.

[@Kay_213_]

Before I watch this, I seriously doubt that this is legit

[@simonusher8616]

Can't believe they picked the Raptor over the Black Widow, it is a far better plane in my opinion and it's also pretty eveil looking which i love:)

[@Flightsworldwidevideos]

great video!!

[@VascoDaGamaOtRupcha]

I guess this plane is truly invisible, since its visible only inside the museum.

[@NangongReng1973]

Yes, you have the best airplane. Absolutely. But where do you get the money to support the production of all these 'super' machines? It's the economic strength that supports the national strength of a country, not military strength.

[@stacy4422]

You Just tell that to China when they are Flying over your house at will and we can not stop them!

[@omegaclass1696]

Rohan vescovinator boast all you want but labor without God and we labor in vain, a night watchman guarding the walls without god guards in vain. fact this country can now be defeated in war because we have lost the blessings of the mighty God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God raised this country up from nothing against all odds, building a country like this was remarkable and being born here was like winning the lottery because most of the humans on this planet but not all struggle day to day just finding food. YOU godless and worshipers of false gods you have doomed this country. Your blindness will not allow you to see how good we had it before you all abandoned Jesus and embraced doctrines of death. Enjoy your hell hole you made for us all.

[@1962moe]

lol

[@GekoHayate]

They go hand in hand. A strong economy will not stop an advancing army, another army will. And that army is maintained and supplied with... a strong economy.

[@1962moe]

very true also allies are very important too that is why the Soviet Union collapsed because it only force and military control not a true alliance like the west did this is why in the end putin will fail his power is base on the same structure of the past

[@frostywang8949]

Good video but the music ruined it..top gun soundtrack really??????lame

[@c-chris3065]

It's like a grandaddy spider .

[@Dr.Know_4U]

Thank God no one figured out all they had to do was copy this to have a gen-6 world-beater. The performance was stunning. Lockheed went back to the drawing board twice just to pretend to compete.

[@SeanQuinn]

With all the money we spend on weapons we should of built at least 100 of these as well as the raptors. I mean why not.

[@ArthurD]

Mere tool to deliver death to humans. And you praise to it. How disgusting.

[@SeanQuinn]

***** Mere tools to stop aggressive nations from fukking with our interests. If you dont like to bad. You'd be in chains if all our weapons were gone. Muslim chains. Poor fool. Thats the world we live in. People are aggressive and if you cant protect yourself you die. What world do you live in dipshit.

[@SeanQuinn]

***** We are the ones who run it dipshit. Its the way it is. Keep telling yourself how tough you are. Poor fool. Take your country out in a week. To easy. Wah wah wah. Baby cant accept hes living under the USA.

[@Assault0137]

uh guys? Sean is wrong because we don't have infinite money and the F22 was proven to be more useful, so it would be pointless. Arthur is stupid because he doesn't realize that there are other countries out there that would take us down if we just sat here with our thumbs up our butts, defenseless. We need to keep making new things. P.S., If the USA is just a dumb teenager, then how is it so powerful? How do you expect to just invade out of nowhere?

[@SeanQuinn]

Assault0137 The YF-23 is not a waste of money. The F-35 is and of course money isnt endless thats why we should of built a proven design and not started from the ground to the tune of 470 billion of those endless dollars you mentioned. Must of went over your head right. I understand honey girl.

[@TD402dd]

It's rather simple, Lockheed-Martin just beat them with a history of building aircraft 20-30 years ahead of their time (XR-71 designed in the 50s). The Air Force just trust them to build the final version better than the specs.

[@winfordlewis2596]

In WWii, the p40 I think was 12 months from drawing board to first one off the assembly line.

[@Damocles54]

The f22 is a serious badass, full stop. But i really think they picked the wrong plane in that contest

[@MrMilanoLau]

Not true. Only Wonder Woman's airplane is truly invisible.

[@jeffanderson4078]

Ya. But. We. Could See. Her. Ta. Ta's 😍

[@JEnkins91589]

the B2 Stealth bomber and the F-117 Nighthawk are also invisible to radar..guess they dont count hm?

[@InVisibleTechTV]

There are several different kinds of radar. One of which is the radar signal that is generated by the aircraft to detect adversaries. B2 and F117 can be detected by tracing their radar transmissions. The YF23 had stealth radar transmissions. It was totally silent. And it had far superior engine cooling so its heat signature was minimal compared to the other two.

[@XyroNO]

+JEnkins91589 Your comparing apples to oranges. The F-117A has been retired for a few years now, although people still claim they see them from time to time. The F-117A was also one of the worlds first stealth aircraft (circa 1981), but from what I've gathered it was actually quite unstable in flight. The B-2 strategic bomber, is just that a bomber and is part of the U.S nuclear delivery system, it's made to stay in the air for quite literally days at a time. If you want actual stealth fighters then you have this as well as the F-22 and now the F-35. I also heard that the F-117A was more of a bomber in a sense, not really the kind of plane you'd want to be in during a dog fight. The F-117A/B-2 were designed to infiltrate enemy airspace, inflict maximum damage by hitting specific targets and then GTFO.

[@JEnkins91589]

XyroNO I wasnt exactly comparing them for their jobs, I was comparing because the title is invisible airplane, in which they all fit.

[@ghostman9028]

+XyroNO stealth has been proven to have been common knowledge as far back as ww2,..it just took the good ol..u.s..with her deep pockets to develop Hav-blue..then the F-1''17...nighthawk wich came in a fighter version an a bomber version...the thinking was even though it was sub sonic if u loaded it with aim 9's..an sidewinders....u had a very effected stand off target engaigment capaility...but the concept of a fighter/bomber that could not manuver bothered military pentagon officials so much...we developed some that could

[@ghostman9028]

Psygnosis DD yea...lol..war is practical,,U.S....military is not...an we all watch to many movies....in Russia they look ,shoot,,an you die..lol...agreed,,stealth is BULLSHIT.

[@spydude38]

This fighter always reminded me of a Klingon battle cruiser from the original star trek.

[@getl0st]

I'd love to see a larger version of one of these as a Bomber......

[@phayzyre1052]

I can say from experience it doesn't matter if you have the best or fastest fighter jet or bomber in the world; if you don't get the politics right you don't get the contract! The price tag doesn't meant diddly squat. Don't ever let the media try to sway or fool you with how many millions or billions an airplane may cost; price is just another piece of the pie. If you don't have the right politicians on your side you can forget it!

[@zoki.to974]

wanna test that "invisibility"? send them over serbia, they will give it a test. f-117a and b-2 fail that same test already...

[@drbendover7467]

Zo Mi fuck off troll

[@zoki.to974]

Juuso Peltoniemi well, it was news on croatian and german media, not on serbian. and im happy with just one f-117a. for kosovo you do not worry. as i see it became just fine "state". drug cartels, main route for europe, human trafficking, kidnapping, human organs trafficking... and all protected by nato. just give it a time...

[@zoki.to974]

Srebrnic1 you will need to elaborate that, i do not have clue what are you talking about. if you are talking about srebrenica, please go inform your self lil better. you will find surprising informations what are shoving up on surface this days...

[@tlpendar]

Zo Mi Why is there always a east european trolling about technology. You paste your jets together with super glue.

[@zoki.to974]

tlpendar we did actually, we glued dozens of cardboard planes and western technology used dozens of $100k+ worth missiles to destroy them plus cost of flight. same as tanks and other equipment. best was imitation of radars, that was fun to watch. modified satellite dish with lil electronic total worth of $2-3000 and western technology send another $100k+ worth of missile. :) just on destroying fake radars, western technology spent more than $5mill and im sure that is low end. anything else?

[@sithtard]

badass looking does it have battloid and gardian modes??

[@KnowledgeEnthusiast]

I like this plane ..its almost invisible on RADAR & IR detector. I like the design and its powerplant.

[@Nate-ln1qk]

Wow, that's a very mean name... Who thought of that.

[@salemaaronchristopherr.3260]

Hahaha thats funny... but I think they called it black widow (if you were reffering to black widow)because of the spider that's named black widow cause the females tend to eat/kill (idk about eating im not sure...) the male after they mate in which she becomes a..... widow! Simple (well at least thats what I think, idk I could be wrong...)

[@Nate-ln1qk]

Well it's a scary name, and the thing looks like a spaceship, or something from another world...

[@Nate-ln1qk]

Wow, I never knew that. Sounds like we might have to use it soon

[@e21big]

Nate Henderson It was cancel. It is the Northrop alternative to F-22, obviously it wasn't selected.

[@Nate-ln1qk]

Hmm sounds like they made a big mistake choosing the F 22

[@p1t1o]

You gotta love threads like these. Where would all of these teenagers be without threads like this? Out bothering people with their tripe, most like. God save these threads! "This plane from 3 decades ago will always be the best no exceptions yaaaaar!" "The Russians have tech that can defeat it IDIOT!" "Its simple, all you have to do to counter this extremely advanced technology is scratch it with our fingernail, then the Russians would have won the cold war for sure!" "All cancelled projects were cancelled due to these reasons Im making up! OPEN YOUR EYES!" "Listen. I can predict the outcomes of any battle. Just name the equipment and I'll give you the result." LOLOLOLOL

[@davidsalcido383]

p1t1o “Whatever happened to the JSF-35 🍋 Jet?!!!”

[@phoneindustrydesign]

the third aircraft called F117 was invisible too but it was shot down in Serbia so reconsider making another invisible aircraft!

[@yancyhawkins6726]

I think both aircraft are beautiful I like the design of the yf23 more never seen nothing like it just imagine what there building in secret for the future 👀

[@Hillbilly1959]

"INVISIBLE?" I think it's broke, hell people it's rite there on youtube. See it?

[@blisteringstars]

i cant see it idk why the video is just camera angles of the sky and intervies

[@georgecolvin4388]

I think the F-22 looks and fly s much better.

[@miguelgaviria5836]

George Colvin I agree the raptor is much better locking and with the flaps on its turbines is has a greater maneuverability

[@miguelgaviria5836]

I mean looking

[@grampavictor2063]

George Colvin. the F22 is the beat ...

[@ogdocvato]

George Colvin I agree George. But the YF-22 was still a brilliant design. Very fast and better all-aspect stealth in the X band.

[@mazmi9089]

0:38.. swiping security card without the magnatic strip. 'Super Classified-Top Secret Project' haha

[@bio2020]

That's a security feature used in high end secure military and civilian installations and some important commercial buildings, such as banks. If anyone steals the keycard, they would logically assume, like you did, that they should scan it on the magnetic side, but actually that particular keycard, if swiped in the traditional manner, would not work and would alert security.

[@Hexigonic]

This did everything better than the F-22. Lockheed just knows it’s market and cut corners.

[@robertw1800]

KZbin commenters. In a real/mock battle, who do you think would win? The Black Widow VS F-22 Raptor? I'm voting for the Black Widow.

[@garycamatison5668]

, p

[@bluflare12345]

Who needs stealth when you can fly at mach 7?

[@lekkki1]

Skyfire I was wondering when somebody would finally get that! lol

[@Zbyszkoz]

Skyfire Who needs stealth when you can fly at mach 7?..............................................who fly 7 mach ?.Russia prepare production. MIG41 near future . speed 4.2 mach.

[@Zbyszkoz]

yeah right First fix Sukhoi T50 ......................what fix ? T-50 going next year production ,

[@Zbyszkoz]

yeah right limited ? 250 X 8 new gen A/A missiles radius 200 km = ???????????? NATO PLAES

[@Zbyszkoz]

yeah right end how many F-22 was made first year , 180 ?

[@nobodyshome5696]

PFFFT ! INVISIBLE , I SAW IT THE HOLE TIME

[@sdflyr]

Last time I looked at the YF-23, it was perfectly clear that it was in fact "visible".

[@g4beex]

They ment invisible to the radar not to the eye

[@JerryWatkinsMrRobot]

Hey look at all the American haters using American technology and websites to bash America LMAO!

[@peaceworld4936]

sure we are hater, cause u country destroy other country, fking yankkk

[@cliffbird5016]

wrong. most of the tech the Yanks claim they invented they stole from other countries. computors and internet was invented by allan turing a british scientists in the 1930,s. Out of all the major countries the USA was the last to get a jet plane. Britain had jet planes in the 1930,s. yanks didnt get them till the early 1950,s. Britain had jets flying by 1933. But due to budget cuts and lack of jet fuel they didnt enter service till 1944. Recent figures show the USA is the most religios of all the NATO countries. they have the lowests education, highest crime rates, worst health care and lowest on tech. they r about 30 years behind on tech to all the other NATO countries and lowest morals. Being x brit army we planned what would happen if the soviets attacked NATO. the result was USA would be wiped out in less than a week. Thats due to very poor training very poor equipment and poor disapline. The soviets alone without the other warsaw pact countries outnumbered NATO 100 planes to 1 500 -1 on tanks. the soviets tanks and planes were also far higher quality than the US ones. in tests we worked out only the british and german armies could stand up against the soviets. but even then we wouldnt of lasted more than a month. The soviets made it clear they had no fear of the yanks. the only thing that held them back was fear of the british and german military. In a war u need weapons that r cheap and fast to replace not very expensive weapons that r very hard to replace. Whats the point in spending millions on 1 plane that can get shot down by a very cheap anti air missle? The Iraqis shot down several stealth bombers using very cheap obsolete russian anti air missles. Whats the point in having a plane that has to spend 30 hrs in maintance between each mission before it can fly another mission? 1 EMP blast can take out every weapon the yanks have in seconds due to their reliance on computors to work. My unit had computerised systems but we rarely used them cause we knew the danger of EMP weapons taking them out. so we trained to use older systems that we can use without all the tech. Russia has EMP weapns that cant be detected or stopped once fired. They dont need to drop a nuke to get the EMP its just a radio wave they launch from satelites. no warning and no way to block it. USA has them as well. its what causes the power failures in the US as they r test firing them and it knocks out power lines and power stations. Example from WWII spitfires were expensive to build and took a long time to repair them. 2k spits were built nearly all were shot down. hurricanes fast and cheap to build. 20k built 1k shot down. Spits could only operate in europe cause other places were not compatable with the design and the airfields had to be very flat and smooth. hurricanes could fly from just about any field and could operate in any climate. Development of the spit started in 1933 and was taken out of servuce in 1945. Hurricane development started in 1916 and r still in service to this day but under diff names. its currenty called the eurofighter. other names the hurricane used was hart, fury, typhoon and tempest. all the same plane just redesigned and upgraded. With the fury they just took off the top wing. lowerd the bottom wing made it bigger and altered the engine cowling to fit in the merlin engine. When a spit got hit by bullets it took weeks to repair it and get it back in the sky. They would have to use a welding torch to cut out the damaged section them get another section sent over from the factory which usualy meant making it 1st. Hurricanes they just used a bit of wood glue and a wooden plug and filled the hole in then glued a bit of cloth over it. on avargae a hurricane only took about 30 mins to repair refuel and rearm before it could take off again. spit usualy took several hrs to rearm and refuel without doing repairs. Even though the spit got all the glory from the battle of britain they were actualy very poor in dogfights against the ME109,s. the only advantage they had was they were 2 miles an hr faster and could climb faster. but the ME109 could dive faster and turn faster. Hurricanes were slow but could out turn the ME109 which is whats needed in a dog fight the ability to out manouver the other plane. In a combat test done in asia a couple of years ago they put the F35, F22, F18 and F16 up against the russian migs and SU,s. no contest the russian planes won hands down. the yank planes were blown out of the sky before they even spotted the russian planes. So much for stealth lol. At least the F16 got a few shots off before they went down but failed to hit anything. the F35 and F22 didnt even know what hit them at close dog fighting range let alone BVR.

[@robnielsen128]

People, please. they all fly better and more reliably than the F-35 MoneySinkHole fighter. Multirole; It does everything equally bad and doesn't work. They are putting in a new gun system now with 180 rounds of ammo and it won't be fit to the aircraft till 2017. i think it's time to put this dog down. The STOVOL version is so rediculously overcomplicated that it's got to be a joke.

[@rednovember2205]

Well, its never been tested in combat has it.

[@homoignobilis]

The F35 is so expensive and complicated to repair that they almost can't afford to keep one in the air. There have been other "uh Ohs" for US aviation: the F111B whose swept wings kept getting stuck on retraction attempts, the XB70 bomber that looked great, but kept crashing, the Navy "Pogo" that had to be landed on its trail and had bed casters for wheels, and Lockheed's attempt at a jet powered Flying Saucer. There was the most preposterous of all, the AB1 atomic powered bomber. And if you think we were doing weird stuff you should have seen what Russia and France attempted.

[@benparkinson8314]

Lockheed Martin F-35 is actually an updated Soviet Yakovlev 141 built as a prototype that never made it into production as it lost out to the SU 27 series during the Soviet military's product development cycle in the late 80's early 90's. Look for yourselves its not a secret.

[@JohnDoe-mv4ks]

Did you hear the News? U2 and Bono have decided to change the name of their song to: "We'll Bomb You Until Your Street's Have No Name"

[@sigi9737]

"and all the illusions of amateurs about the existence of invisible jets will be crushed by a disapointing reality" Igor Konashenkov.

[@xistory4372]

F117 STELT was inisible and was shut down over Serbia 1999, come test YF-23 in Serbia.

[@adnanavdic7213]

sta pricas ti budalo,kaki ce mala srbija srusiti ovi?

[@adnanavdic7213]

sta pricas ti budalo,kaki ce mala srbija srusiti ovi?

[@xistory4372]

+Adnan Avdic - Isto kao i F117, raketom i modifikovanim radarskim sistemom. Nemoj da se brecaš mnogo da nije bilo Srbina Nikole Tesle možda još ne bi imao struju u svom domu. I obaranje F117 je činjenica i Nikola Tesla je činjenica, neću da te nazivam pogrdnim imenima to je ispod mog nivoa. Pozdrav.

[@adnanavdic7213]

ja Nikolu poszujem mnogo i smatram jednim od najvecih umova svijeta,ali malo ste previse umisljeni,US bi vas unistio za par sekundi

[@glennghizzoni9009]

Lol we've been flying missions in Serbian airspace for years. You haven't seen us yet and were not even hiding. Lol Serbian military is a joke we have private company's here in the US that could take over your country if wanted..but it's shit who would want to.

[@yankeephil2708]

The cost of That prototype, that will never see production ,could have fed the eastern seaboards homeless and poverty level americans for 7 years and bought them all a house to live in. Russia is a democracy and rich,who are we fighting with machines like this,China is our largest trading partner,everyone just wants to make money and party,,,who's the kiljoy? the old german SS'ers? the royal families of europe?the white russians of texas?Cool as fighter jets are, I'd rather have world peace and my own lear jet and classic p-51 mustang to play with,,,,fuck war and national debt.

[@synapse131]

Russia's a democracy? When did that happen?

[@yankeephil1]

synapse131 since russia began voting for their leadership and became the most democratic country when the held national referendums on current political decisions to insure the russian people agreed with leadership policies,lets see obama or any other european country try that.

[@norightturn7047]

yankeephil1 You've got to be kidding right? Putin tells you'll who to vote for and you'll do it so that's democracy? LMAO. You'll have an Autocracy not a democracy. Please look them up.

[@yankeephil1]

Go to Russia and see for yourself. one picture is worth a thousand words.

[@williamheaton9677]

Agreed. Seems a purportedly stealth fighter got shot down over Serbia. Anyone know if that is true.

[@emerychandler]

I know its the immediate work to my jet, the F-22. the f-23 is amazing, but when they combined the ideas from all the engineers of different companies they came up with a way to make it better thus resulting in the F-22

[@oldman68able]

this is a really cool plane, wish I could fly it.

[@windows8blowz]

MH370 is the current world champion of stealth.

[@billludolph1696]

The MH370 is in a hanger along with other craft

[@kevinfauconniere9646]

An airplane made out of Bigfoot and loch Ness skin? Yaas. It even blurs photos

[@carlosmaldonado5411]

USA is the greatest!

[@carlosmaldonado5411]

My feelings remain as thou I said this a second ago, rarher than a year ago! #teamusa

[@jackempson3044]

One of these flew over our house. i could hear it but i couldn't see it. I just saw a man in a prostrate position flying by real fast.

[@vetb882]

at the end, I cant see her heritage, I can SEE the SR71 Blackbird in her features and lines.