• DarkThoughts
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    119 hours ago

    Aren’t engine exhausts like that highly counterproductive for stealth aircraft? Are they still stuck with their same engine they used on their fighter jets that also caused them to have stealth issues?

    • Tar_Alcaran
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      116 hours ago

      It’s immensely noticeable on radar. That giant round engine is going to stick out like a sore thumb on radar and IR.

    • Skua
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      118 hours ago

      There was one built with a flat nozzle in 2021, so uh, guess this was the first one of the two