1988年11月,美国国防部向新闻界公布了高度机密的隐身飞机——F-117A战斗机和B-2战略轰炸机,立刻引起世界各国关注。其实,国外大约从60年代中期就开始研究兵器隐身防御技术,部分成果早就应用于飞行器上。而美国比苏联、日本和西德进展都快,现已有数十架隐身飞机装备部队。据预测,到2000年隐身防御技术会广泛 In November 1988, the U.S. Department of Defense released the highly classified stealth aircraft, the F-117A and the B-2 strategic bombers, to the press and immediately aroused the attention of all countries in the world. In fact, foreign countries started to study weapons stealth defense technology from the mid-1960s and some of the achievements have long been applied to aircraft. While the United States made rapid progress over the Soviet Union, Japan and West Germany, there are now dozens of stealthy aircraft equipped units. It is predicted that by the year 2000, stealth defense technology will be extensive