{"id":191282,"date":"2009-09-06T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2009\/09\/06\/have-glass-equivalent-stealth-mods-on-su-27-series-fighters\/"},"modified":"2009-09-06T07:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T12:05:00","slug":"have-glass-equivalent-stealth-mods-on-su-27-series-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2009\/09\/06\/have-glass-equivalent-stealth-mods-on-su-27-series-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Have Glass Equivalent Stealth Mods on Su-27 Series Fighters"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sukhoi in RCS Test<\/span><\/div>\n

The Russians are looking at some significant radar cross section (RCS) reductions on their Su-27 series fighters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is not full up stealth, you need to start at the drawing board to do that, but this is more along the line of the “Have Glass” mods done on F-16s, which involved shrouding the mechanicals of the radar systems with radar absorbent materials (RAM), using a metalized canopy to keep radar from reflecting off the cockpit contents, and some minor shaping and coatings on the engine inlets.<\/p>\n

It’s more about making active jamming more effective, particularly in the shorter wavelengths, than it is about making an aircraft “invisible”.
The measures appear to be:<\/p>\n