[Infowarrior] - Fwd: New U.S. Stealth Jet Can?t Hide From Russian Radar

[Richard Forno]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Joe 
> 
> http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/28/new-u-s-stealth-jet-can-t-hide-from-russian-radar.html
> 
> America?s gazillion-dollar Joint Strike Fighter is supposed to go virtually unseen when flying over enemy turf. But
> that?s not how things are working out.
> 
> The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter?the jet that the Pentagon is counting on to be the stealthy future of its tactical
> aircraft?is having all sorts of shortcomings. But the most serious may be that the JSF is not, in fact, stealthy in
> the eyes of a growing number of Russian and Chinese radars. Nor is it particularly good at jamming enemy radar. Which
> means the Defense Department is committing hundreds of billions of dollars to a fighter that will need the help of
> specialized jamming aircraft that protect non-stealthy??radar-shiny,? as some insiders call them?aircraft today.
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