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RadicalDisconnect said:PaulMM (Overscan) said:North American Rockwell registered a near identical patent in 1968, related to their FX design.
https://www.google.com/patents/US3509568
This is for the FX that resulted in F-15? I'd be surprised if they were considering reducing RCS that far back.
You may have heard of this beast:
The losing competitor:
Both had features ahead of their time that appear right at home on today's stealth aircraft. I am QUITE certain they were working on reducing RCS that far back.