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Old 01-10-2008, 13:54 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Also, as far as the ballistic missles go, their exhaust plume actually reflects radar energy, also.

I read on the SR-71, the biggest reflector of radar energy were the afterburner "shock diamonds" coming out the back of the J-58 engines, and there's nothing you can do to reduce that except throttle back, which would defeat the whole purpose of having a Mach 3+ aircraft (i.e.: it wouldn't be going Mach 3 anymore!).
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