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Hitler's Stealth Fighter

Posted by Soulskill on from the time-for-a-whole-new-round-of-ww2-games dept.

DesScorp writes "Aviation Week reports on a television special from the National Geographic Channel on what may have been the world's first true stealth fighter, the Horten Ho 229, a wooden design that was to include a layer of carbon material sandwiched in the leading edge to defeat radar. Northrop Grumman, experts at stealth technology from their Tacit Blue and B-2 programs, have built a full-size replica of the airframe and tested it at their desert facilities where they determined that the design was indeed stealthy, and would have been practically invisible to Britain's Chain Home radar system of WWII."

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  1. Man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What DIDN'T Hitler Do?

    1. Re:Man by cool_story_bro · · Score: 5, Funny

      What DIDN'T Hitler Do?

      make friends as a child?

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    2. Re:Man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      What DIDN'T Hitler Do?

      Succeed as an artist?

    3. Re:Man by bytethese · · Score: 5, Funny

      Win the war, thankfully.

    4. Re:Man by Philip+K+Dickhead · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm glad that Indiana Jones was able to destroy this thing in Egypt, before it got off the ground. Otherwise, who knows how the war would have gone?

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    5. Re:Man by Lakitu · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm guessing you haven't seen Hitler's artwork.

  2. not so fast by queequeg1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I believe that the advances in detection technology would always have allowed the allies to hear a Horton Ho.

    1. Re:not so fast by Canazza · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'd be more certain that the plane would pick up local BBC Radio chatter

      meaning that maybe, Horton heard Dr Who...

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  3. NSFW by MancunianMaskMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    what with swastika flags and all. I'll be in trouble if someone has overseen my screen just then, being a german living in Britain.

    1. Re:NSFW by mdm-adph · · Score: 5, Funny

      Tell them you were reminding yourself about just how bad a person Hitler was. And then chomp down on a big banger while saluting a picture of the queen to let them know how much you love England.

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    2. Re:NSFW by Kuroji · · Score: 4, Funny

      I've got mod points, but I can't find anything that matches +1 Frightful Police State.

    3. Re:NSFW by 13bPower · · Score: 5, Funny

      In America, we call it a sausage in the mouth.

    4. Re:NSFW by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or by it's "unofficial" name - Lance Bass.

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    5. Re:NSFW by Eternauta3k · · Score: 4, Funny

      what with swastika flags and all. I'll be in trouble if someone has overseen my screen just then, being a german living in Britain.

      Speaking of which (and paraphrasing The Extras), where did these people get those huge swastikas?

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    6. Re:NSFW by spartacus_prime · · Score: 3, Funny

      Actually, in America, we just call it a sausage.

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  4. Hehe by mewsenews · · Score: 3, Funny

    From the article (yeah I know, Slashdot, not supposed to, etc)

    If Nazi engineers had had more time, would this jet have ultimately changed the outcome of the war?

    IIRC the United States developed something called Atomic Bombs that would have counteracted any advantage Germany would have gained from stealth jets.

  5. Re:Best Photos by ijakings · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think albert einstein proved this correct when he travelled back in time and killed hitler.

  6. Re:Best Photos by fprintf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone kills Hitler their first time.

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  7. Re:So no one hears a Horton Ho? by British · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure in 20 years we'll find German plans to make ray guns, giant mech fighers, etc. Castle Wolfenstein game plots seems less & less like fiction as the years go on. :)

  8. Re:If it were only in the leading edge by Ihlosi · · Score: 2, Funny
    Stealth bombers have one fundamental design problem - none have equally stealthy bomb bay doors, when open.

    The Japanese would have solved this by not having any bomb bay doors in the first place.

  9. Re:Another Example of German Technical Achievement by Artifakt · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're saying Quake doesn't teach Ammo Conservation?

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  10. Re:Good thing he wasn't a Nerd by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    He wanted the Soviet Union as well, when there was no possibility he would have won that war due to the sheer size of the USSR.

    So, don't get involved in a land war in Asia. Got it.

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  11. Re:Goodwin's Law! by Artifakt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Goodwin's Law: The longer a thread gets, the higher the chance someone will misspell 'Godwin'.

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  12. Re:So no one hears a Horton Ho? by camperdave · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, and it would have happened a lot quicker if Helmut hadn't signed those Non-Disclosure Agreements.

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  13. Re:Good thing he wasn't a Nerd by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 4, Funny

    Besides, where would we have entered it from?

    Sarah Palin's house.

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  14. Nice children's book by motherpusbucket · · Score: 2, Funny

    The name sounds like a Dr. Seuss book. Horten hears a Ho.
    That's funny on a couple of levels.

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