BW you are using a very oversimplified analogy. Im guilty of it to I talk of radio waves bouncing or being reflected – now for typical convos this suffices however if youre trying to get into radar theory, then there are some serious flaws in the above.
Radar in not reflected it is reradiated as such rather than bouncing off the panel it is absorbed and reradiated – so potentially can be transmitted from a spike / edge.
And wave guide theory is just best avoided -( If you dont now dont ask and if you do know dont try and explain)
to add following – sorry took about 3 attempts – how incompetant
Edit to add just read that file
And Oh dear that paper is full of basic inacuraccies – it is over simplified
eg Reflected(see above) , Radar is used to tell aircraft there altitude – nope (although term rad alt is used) radar is used to give height – pressure is altitude
Distance = speed x time for radar its speedxtime / 2 gotta travel to ways remember
i think you are missing BW’s main point
regardless of the fact that the rafale has a refueling probe waving in the air,
the radar array at 90 deg to boresight
the optical and ir senors creating a dirty area in front of the cockpit
a multitude of sensors and general protrusions to the exterior
no effort to edge align the panels in design or production flush fitting
a general design that doesnt have the “popular” LO features of a dozen reduced rcs planes
all of these things dont count because the plane is french and he will google things that he misunderstands or simple distorts and present it as if he has found proof of jesus’s second coming
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