F-35 Got Hit - Hackdot

Re:F-35 Got Hit by ge96 on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @11:33AM (#47691630)

Would the F22 or YF-23 have faired better with their special exhaust design or still same problem? I always thought the F-35 wasn't that stealth because of its exhaust design like the Russian Pakfa exhaust

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Re:F-35 Got Hit by ge96 on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @11:57AM (#47691976)

I would be curious too how they spotted it in the first place to film it regarding stealth/altitude, I saw some infographic one time showing the radar cross section size in like cubic meters and the B2 is smaller than a bird or something crazy like that

oh no that's not true the F117 and F35 is though

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/ur5qt0/radar_cros...

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Re:F-35 Got Hit by Doxon on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @12:58PM (#47692953)

It's been reported Iran is deploying IR missles along the common ingress and egress paths the U.S. has been using for the past month. So target acquisition could be MK I eyeball

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