How does Stealth work with F-117A, B-2A etc?
Stealth and low-observable aircraft and ships in the database have smaller radar, visual and IR signatures than other units. Older-generation stealth aircraft like the F-117 is not all that difficult to detect with AEGIS and other high-end air-search radar systems, and detection ranges approaching 40nm are not uncommon. Thus, you need to use active ECM if you want them to survive an attack on a heavily defended target. The F-22 has a similar Radar Cross Section (RCS) in real life, but in the DB2000 we’ve also taken into account the fact that the F-22 will use Active Stealth (similar to Rafale’s Spectra active-cancellation system) in addition to passive stealth, and the end result is a significantly smaller signature than that of the F-117. Finally, there is the B-2 bomber which, thanks to its “cost-not-a-factor” stealth treatment, is extremely difficult to detect even with the use of advanced sensors.
