"An F-22 Raptor aircraft flies during an air display on the first day of the Farnborough International Airshow in south England July 14, 2008." [yahoo photos]
Still no sign of 'Project Aurora' though. I wonder if their so-called 'wonder plane' even exists. Or if they DID display it, they'd probably face embarrassment when, several years ago when there was a flyby of the B2, and this supposed 'undetectable' stealth bomber was easily detected by the British Army's display of a Rapier missile's infra-red & thermal imagers, which saw it's engines' heat traces. So a billion-dollar plane's sole protection instantly thwarted by a 30-year old missile's updated sensors. Much egg on face at the Pentagon & DoD all round at that time!I bet that resulted in increased orders for said sensor suite updates. Especially from Rapier operators in Iran, Indonesia & Libya.
Still no sign of 'Project Aurora' though. I wonder if their so-called 'wonder plane' even exists. Or if they DID display it, they'd probably face embarrassment when, several years ago when there was a flyby of the B2, and this supposed 'undetectable' stealth bomber was easily detected by the British Army's display of a Rapier missile's infra-red & thermal imagers, which saw it's engines' heat traces. So a billion-dollar plane's sole protection instantly thwarted by a 30-year old missile's updated sensors. Much egg on face at the Pentagon & DoD all round at that time!
I bet that resulted in increased orders for said sensor suite updates. Especially from Rapier operators in Iran, Indonesia & Libya.
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