Was it a good idea for the UK to invest into the Eurofigther program

[Churchill]

WHS (more or less)

Incidentally the Eurofighter doesn't use stealth technology to make it radar invisible, but it does use technology that makes hitting it with anti air weapons rather tricky. The art isn't so much about not being detected, but mostly about not getting hit. Stealth isn't all it's cracked up to be either as there are ways of getting round it even the F22's ultra modern stealth can be overcome with current technology.

Mobile phone masts!!!

[TykeMerc]

Mobile phone masts!!!

Slightly more military in nature, but depending on when you left the forces you might even have seen the systems.

[bogeyman]

Mobile phone masts!!!

Radar 'stealth' never actually worked very well.

It's pretty much redundant now.

But it looks cool.

So here's another bazillion bucks Northrop Grumman. Yeeeahh Haaaww!

[TykeMerc]

Radar 'stealth' never actually worked very well.

It's pretty much redundant now.

But it looks cool.

So here's another bazillion bucks Northrop Grumman. Yeeeahh Haaaww!

As I said, being detected isn't a major issue if the anti air missiles can't get a near hit. Knowing a fighter is somewhere in a +/- 10 mile radius sphere doesn't help you shoot it down reliably.

[bogeyman]

As I said, being detected isn't a major issue if the anti air missiles can't get a near hit. Knowing a fighter is somewhere in a +/- 10 mile radius sphere doesn't help you shoot it down reliably.

But it can be shot down reliably.

Unless they have fitted it with magical engines that emit no heat signature.

[TykeMerc]

But it can be shot down reliably.

Unless they have fitted it with magical engines that emit no heat signature.

Infra Red tracking isn't as effective as Hollywood would have you believe, there are counters for that too.

[bogeyman]

Infra Red tracking isn't as effective as Hollywood would have you believe, there are counters for that too.

It's not just IR these days though, is it.

If you've got a big set of flaming jet engines there, it's not too hard to follow them.

By Jove, you could practically do it by audio!

[Troll]

You're even spying onEurope on their account.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echelon...s_intelligence)

& Frenchelon is used for what exactly?