• Cuddles McBubblefun@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The planes have extra radar reflecting thingies bolted on that make them show up real good on radar so the true radar signature is obscured (also a good idea for air traffic safety reasons), but they can be quickly removed for combat.

    • ryannathans@aussie.zone
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      22 hours ago

      I figured that was the case, essentially enemy aircraft can’t profile them while they are installed and near each other