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Stealth : the secret contest to invent invisible aircraft /

"To American planners and strategists at the outset of the Cold War, the ultimate way to gain ascendance over the USSR was only a question. What if the United States could defend its airspace while at the same time send a plane through Soviet skies undetected? A craft with such capacity would h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Westwick, Peter J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Stealth aircraft > United States > History.
Stealth aircraft > Design and construction.
B-2 bomber > History.
F-117 (Jet attack plane) > History.
Aeronautics, Military > Research > United States > History > 20th century.
Aeronautics, Military > Research > United States > History > 21st century.
Aeronautics, Military > Research.
B-2 bomber.
F-117 (Jet attack plane)
Stealth aircraft.
United States.
1900-2099
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Roots of the Revolution
  • Tomorrowland
  • Breeding Invisible Rabbits
  • Lockheed: Tin Shed in a Hurricane
  • Northrop: Seeing the Waves
  • Showdown at RATSCAT
  • Have Blue and the F-117A
  • Secrets and Strategies
  • The Whale
  • Facets versus Curves: The Contest for the B-2
  • Building the B-2
  • From the Shadows to the Spotlight
  • Conclusion: The Secret of Stealth.