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A-12 Oxcart Radar Reflectivity Stealth Project
An interesting design problem is minimizing radar reflectivity. When stealth was in its infancy in the late 1950s, early radar cross section reflectivity tests were conducted by the Lockheed Skunkworks using the Lockheed/CIA A-12 mockup shown here. Thornton D. "TD" Barnes wrote, "This is a full-scale mock-up in its final external configuration with all-moving rudders on stud fins. A piston-activated ram elevated the pole consisting of three battleship propeller shafts welded together to 50-feet with...
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