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In article .com, "Jeb
Hoge" wrote:

Ok, so how does ATC handle the damned thing?

Transponders. IIRC, ATC never relies on skin paint. And if they HAD to,
all the pilot has to do is dirty up the jet and voila, radar return.

A couple of years ago a British defense company claimed that they had
tracked an F-22 in flight. An Air Force spokesman replied that when the
F-22s are flying and don't require stealthiness--particularly when they're
flying through civilian airspace--they put something on the fuselage to
create a clear radar signature. I think the implication was that this was
something that they specifically attached for this purpose. It makes sense.




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