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Stealth technology facts for kids

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F-117 Nighthawk flight
F-117 stealth attack plane

Stealth technology also known as LOT (Low Observability Technology) is a sub-discipline of military (like Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, Coast Guard and National Guard in the North American United States) electronic countermeasures which covers a range of techniques used with aircraft, ships and missiles, in order to make them less visible.

For example, stealth technology was developed to make aircraft difficult to detect with radar.

Images for kids

  • Czołg lekki PL-01 (02)

    PL-01 stealth tank

  • FS Surcouf

    Surcouf French stealth frigate

  • JSF F35 P1230144

    The F-35 Lightning II offers better stealthy features (such as this landing gear door) than prior American multi-role fighters, such as the F-16 Fighting Falcon

  • Northrop McDonnell Douglas YF-23A PAV-1 87-0800 Black Widow II LEngineIntake R&D NMUSAF 25Sep09 (14414042127)

    YF-23 S-duct engine air intake conceals engine from probing radar waves

  • K32 HMS Helsingborg Anchored-of-Gotska-Sandoen cropped

    K32 HMS Helsingborg, a stealth ship

  • B-2 Stealth Bomber Skin, 2009 - Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) - DSC06496

    Skin of a B-2 bomber.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Tecnología de baja detectabilidad para niños

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