http://teodesian.net//posts/333fe9d8-3fe3-11ec-bef5-e39882229860?format=xml teodesian.net : /posts/333fe9d8-3fe3-11ec-bef5-e39882229860 en 2026-04-07T17:32:09 2026-04-07T17:32:09 /favicon.ico http://teodesian.net 32 32 teodesian.net favicon http://teodesian.net/posts/333fe9d8-3fe3-11ec-bef5-e39882229860 During the 1960s, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) funded a project to reduce the RCS of U.S. reconnaissance planes, specifically the Lockheed A-12, which supposedly made use of a cesium-laced fuel additive to significantly reduce its engine’s radar signature, and an electron beam to generate a cloud of ionization in front of the air intakes to help conceal its entire rear aspect from radar waves. The system was tested but was never deployed operationally. I suspect this kind of ionization works quite well with supercavitation as well.]]> doge http://teodesian.net/posts/333fe9d8-3fe3-11ec-bef5-e39882229860 2021-11-07T15:55:59