May 15, 201213 yr Gunny, Wanted to get this out now since It is fresh on my mind. Had a nice conversation with Chris Carlson and Larry Bond about this about 2.5 years ago and again more recently when I was in the editing phase of my articles on the Su-27 Flanker for Naval Sitrep Magazine. The following aircraft are commonly called stealthy and are NOT STEALTH! US: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter family. Stealth only from the FRONT Aspect ratio and then only just (the old F-117 is Stealthier from the front!) Any 4+ Generation Fighter (F/A-18E/F and earlier, F-16C/D F-15 Silent Eagle etc.) All these aircraft have a VERY LOW radar cross section size per Harpoon 4.1/5.0 rules. Europe: Eurofighter, is Very Small RCS Russia: Su-35S (Formerly Su-35BM) is V Small RCS T-50 aka PAK-FA is V SMALL RCS. Earlier "Stealth" Russian Fighters are also V Small Su-27SM is SMALL RCS All other Su-27 Family members are MEDIUM RCS Asia: All Su-27 Variants made in China are Medium (J-11 and J-15) RCS. J-10 is mid-range Small RCS. J-20 is VSmall RCS. In the end, other than Fictional aircraft and Drones the only STEALTH aircraft that should be in the Database are the F-117 Nighthawk, The B-2 Bomber and the F-22 Lightening. It could be argued that the F-117 is also VSmall RCS but it is right on the cusp between the two (Vsmall and Stealth.) F-22 is in the Middle of the Stealth RCS area and the B-2... Down near the bottom of it. Hope that helps you. Craig P
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