stealth technology

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1. The use of advanced design and specialized materials to make an aircraft difficult or even impossible to detect by radar.

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The term is now used to refer more generally to something that remains hidden or unknown: “This is a stealth proposal: no one knows what it means.”

Stealth aircraft were used for the first time in the Persian Gulf War, where they were highly successful.

Example Sentences

It features stealth technology and is capable of conventional takeoffs as well as launching from modules such as shipping containers and semitrailer trucks.

From Washington Times

The B-2 Spirit is a heavy strategic bomber featuring stealth technology designed to help it penetrate a dense anti-aircraft network.

From Washington Times

Maybe so, but 32 years after the first stealth fighter saw action in the Gulf War, stealth technology is in its own race against technology.

From Washington Post

But it dropped the plan, reportedly due to the U.S. company’s reluctance to share expertise key to stealth technology.

From Seattle Times

“Was stealth technology mastered in the U.S.S.R. long before it became a trend? You know, there is less than 650 km to Moscow from the Ukrainian border.”

From Washington Post