2006-08-19 02:09:57 · 11 answers · asked by Paul 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
All american stealth aircraft come equiped with a towed decoy that they deploy in american airspace in order for radar to detect them.
Stealth aircraft do not carry transponders, since they do not carry any devices that may give away their position.
Stealth aircraft are only invisible to the radar frequencies that the radar absorbent material is taylored to. Most RAM is taylored to fighter and missile bandwidths.
Certain high powered radar can spot stealth aircraft, but these are search radar, not weaponry radar.
2006-08-20 13:10:34 · answer #1 · answered by Doggzilla 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The military form of a transponder is called IFF (Identification Friend or Foe), basically it is a radio that sends a signal to augment the radar return and give air traffic control more information regarding an aircraft.
When the USAF wants to track a stealth aircraft they must relly on the pilot turning the IFF on, when and if the aircraft does not want to be tracked, it will trun it's IFF off.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_surveillance_radar
The SR-71 though "stealthy" was not a real stealth aircraft, it could be detected and tracked using radar.
2006-08-19 05:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by frankclau 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
SR-71 was a high altitude spy plane that was fast as heck. Very big radar signature and is no longer used. The other stealth planes above have radios don't they? Heat from there engines gives there location away but that is after the bombs are falling.
2006-08-19 02:19:59 · answer #3 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are methods for detecting stealth aircraft such as passive radar. I'm sure these planes carry some sort of electronics that enable them to be tracked by the US.
2006-08-19 02:18:29 · answer #4 · answered by descartesprotege 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Due to the SR-71's ravenous demand for fuel it is no longer used because of the cost of operation. Too bad, as it is my favorite airplane - it was years ahead of its time - the only airplane that could outrun a missile! Tracking stealth aircraft is most likely CLASSIFIED... you won't find out till years later.
2006-08-19 02:16:08 · answer #5 · answered by Paul H 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure about the SR71 or the B2 but I think they are the same as the F117. we CAN NOT see a F117 on radar. When he is coming in to land they open a small door and out comes a beam so he can be seen on radar. After he takes off he closes this door and drops off radar.
2006-08-19 03:30:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The SR71 did not use "stealth" technology. It was just so fast and flew so high that if they were seen on radar, there was nothing in the skies that could catch up with them, including anti-aircraft missiles.
2006-08-19 10:09:58 · answer #7 · answered by JetDoc 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The F-117 and B-2 fly with transponders (as do most domestic aircraft) while in friendly areas. Furthermore, they will often do things to the plane (open bay doors, lower gear, attach non-stealthy panels) when it is flying domestically to aid ATC in case its transponder fails.
2006-08-19 12:37:59 · answer #8 · answered by A Guy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Transponders create a signal (coded) that radar can "see".
2006-08-19 02:19:59 · answer #9 · answered by Ironball 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are all U.S. planes. I'm sure there is a transponder that allows us to see our own planes.
2006-08-19 02:15:15 · answer #10 · answered by damndirtyape212 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋