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From: Brian Yamauchi (yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Stealth Intruder? (was Re: infrared and interceptors)
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Date: 9 Aug 89 03:58:16 GMT
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From: Brian Yamauchi (yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu)


In article <8796@cbnews.ATT.COM> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
:Two of these missions -- "escort",
:accompanying long-range bombers, and "intruder", going out over hostile
:territory looking for trouble -- have fallen out of fashion, partly due
:to technological and tactical change

:Intruder
:missions classically involved going in at night and lurking around an
:enemy airfield waiting for targets; modern radar and other sensors have
:made this unhealthy.)

Of course, the next round of technology could reverse this again.
This seems like the perfect role for the Stealth Fighter.

Does anyone know what the *stated* role of the F-117A is?

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Brian Yamauchi				University of Rochester
yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu		Computer Science Department
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