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Parent topics
- Anti-air warfare [r]: In the context of naval warfare, the mission of defending against aircraft and missiles, from platforms under naval command and control, possibly in coordination with other services and possibly defending land as well as sea areas. [e]
- Radar [r]: A contraction of radio direction and ranging, used for detecting and tracking targets, navigation, imagery, and special applications. [e]
- Diffraction [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Low probability of intercept [r]: A set of techniques to minimize the probability of hostile interception of a radio or radar signal [e]
- Electro-optical guidance [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Infrared guidance [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- B-1 Lancer [r]: A U.S. supersonic-capable heavy bomber, with reduced observability but not the full stealth of the B-2 Spirit, which is limited to non-nuclear missions by strategic arms control agreements [e]
- B-2 Spirit (bomber) [r]: U.S. long-range, low-observability "stealth" heavy bomber [e]
- Burke-class [r]: Large U.S. Navy multirole destroyers equipped with AEGIS battle management system and constant upgrades; Japan has Kongo-class clones, also being upgraded to ballistic missile defense; South Korea has the KDK-class [e]
- F-117 Nighthawk [r]: Although it has a fighter designation, actually the first operational stealth light bomber of the U.S. Air Force [e]
- F-117 [r]: The first operational stealth (i.e., low observability) attack aircraft, flown by the U.S. Air Force and beginning to go into retirement in favor of the F-22 Raptor and B-2 Spirit [e]
- F-22 Raptor [r]: A "fifth generation" fighter, with stealth, supercruise, extreme maneuverability, and an extremely high price tag that caused its production to be stopped in favor of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter [e]
- F-35B Lightning II [r]: Short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, to be used on small carriers (i.e., without catapults and from minimal forward airfields [e]
- F-35C Lightning II [r]: U.S. Navy version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, intended for carrier operations [e]
- MQ-3 Dark Star [r]: A unmanned aerial vehicle of intercontinental range, long endurance and full stealth, which could carry a variety of intelligence sensors; cancelled in favor of the cheaper MQ-4 Global Hawk [e]
- SR-71 Blackbird [r]: An advanced, long-range, Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Lockheed YF-12A and A-12 aircraft by the Lockheed Skunk Works. [e]
- Zumwalt-class [r]: An experimental class of U.S. destroyers, production of which has been capped, optimized for land attack, stealth, and small crew size [e]
Sensors and counter-sensors
- Bistatic [r]: A detection system which comprises a transmitter and receiver which are separated by a distance that is comparable to the expected target distance. [e]
- Infrared countermeasures [r]: Equipment and flying techniques that can break the lock of a heat-seeking missile on a target aircraft. [e]
- Measurement and signature intelligence [r]: A variety of intelligence gathering disciplines complementary to the technical "mainstream" of imagery intelligence and signals intelligence. [e]
- Radar MASINT [r]: The use of radar signals to obtain information beyond imaging of a target or its simple position, such as motion, reflectivity and surface characteristics, etc.; this technical information may be combined with imaging radar or traditional tracking radar [e]
- Multistatic [r]: Radar in which successive antenna lobes are sequentially engaged to provide a tracking capability without physical movement of the antenna. [e]
Operations involving stealth
- Operation JUST CAUSE [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Operation DESERT STORM [r]: That part of the Gulf War, beginning with the first air strikes at 02:00 local time, 17 January 1991, until the main ground assault into Kuwait, Operation DESERT SABRE [e]
- Gulf War, major combat phase [r]: Add brief definition or description
Other related topics
- AGM-86 ALCM [r]: A long-range cruise missile that can be delivered anywhere in the world from U.S. bases, employing blast or precision penetrating warheads [e]
- ALQ-214 [r]: An advanced electronic warfare system featuring distributed computer processing both on a tactical aircraft and in towed pods [e]
- APQ-164 [r]: Multifunction radar for the U.S. B-1 Lancer "Bone" bomber [e]
- APQ-181 [r]: Emphasing low probability of intercept, the active radar on the stealthy, radar-evading B-2 Spirit bomber [e]
- Anti-shipping missile [r]: An air, surface (sea or land), or submarine-launched missile that can track and intercept a maneuvering ship target against the background of moving water [e]
