Immortals
Elite Member
In my opinion, There is literally no way it has a lower RCS than RQ-170 unless Israel found a way to defy laws of physics. If the renderings are accurate, the very long wingspan and tail stabilizers are all radar refraction points vs RQ-170 flying wing design. People trying to convince us this is an F-22/F-35 type observable are beyond delusional. First of all those fall in the category of VLO, where as even the leaked documents say Israel drone is “LO” which can even mean an RCS of close to 1m2.
There is a reason the smallest RCS is typically in flying wing design as it has the least amount of angles to refract radar. F-22 was able to get extremely low, but that was with radar absorbing paint and materials coating that was extensive to maintain coupled with a extreme focus on design.
Anyway what caught RQ-170 wasn’t necessarily radar, but IFR cameras that iran has developed with 50KM-75KM range. It doesn’t matter what RCS you have when it comes to IFR and I doubt this Israeli drone goes thru all the necessary heat signature reduction that 5th gen fighters go thru.
So this Israeli drone unless it’s flying in heavy overcast will be picked infrared cameras along the border that specifically scan the sky for certain VLO/LO objects.
I don’t doubt Israel has a LR drone that can fire a BM, what I doubt is that this drone is as “stealthy” as they claim which is basically flying undetected over Iran you would need a B-2/F-22 RCS while avoiding radar defense zones. Such a drone would be hundreds of millions of dollars, well outside of an Israeli budget unless built and supplied by America.
