How to take down an F-117

&#62; Zoltan never lost a radar to a HARM missile.<p>That is very impressive.<p>If he only had serious computing power, enough cell phone towers, and plenty of fiber-optic cable, he could have triangulated the position of steal bombers from the interference patterns.<p>Also, old Soviet radars operate on longer wavelengths and interestingly enough are sometimes more effective at detecting stealth aircraft.

Interesting article about how a few talented individuals on a shoestring budget can take on established, well-funded competitors.

Cool article. I've also read that they used parts from ordinary household microwaves to create fake targets for the US anti-radiation missiles.<p>Something that's sorely lacking from the article is any information on US long-term strategy. Did the US air force use the full range of jamming and deception technology at their disposl, or were they content to lose a few planes to keep their true capabilities secret?

According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-117_Nighthawk#Combat_losses" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-117_Nighthawk#Combat_losses</a>, the wreckage is now on display at the Museum of Aviation in Belgrade.

I had heard the F-117 bomb bay doors failed to close, causing the stealth to be lost. That wasn't mentioned here though.

I've read in the past that he didn't actually hit the F-117. That unit has no radar warning for incoming missile. The pilot saw one coming in, giving him only a few seconds to react, and he ejected. The missile would not have hit the plane.

That's a lot of work to shoot down one or two planes. Was he a good military leader? If you lose the battle but don't lose a single man then one might question your willingness to engage the enemy, a necessary unpleasantry of war.<p>His men undoubtedly most appreciated him because he kept them out of combat and alive.<p>And was the plane detected/shot down because of the defenders' skills or were there plane malfunctions, etc.?

This article provides no information about shooting stealth aircraft out of the sky with surplus Soviet weapons.<p>I claim false advertising and would like my 30 seconds back.

I still can't believe the US and NATO have bombarded Serbia which is a country in the heart of Europe. This just shows that any country can be attacked.<p>Btw. the reasons for invading Serbia back then have been debunked as propaganda later on in the same way the Iraq war excuses have been debunked. There were no Serbian concentration camps etc.

By flagging it?

He plastered the F-117 interface with so many ads and links to unrelated stories that it became so painful to navigate, read, and comprehend that the pilots sent the plane downward.