[Ads-l] stealth

[James Landau]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2026  02:59:34 Zone+0000  Bill Mullins <amcombill at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:Subject: Stealth

>OED has [6/1975], 1/1979
>>1978  _Casa Grande Dispatch_ Arizona,  13 May 3/2 [genealogybank]>>However, some sources implied the plane may have been part of what has been called a "stealth" program aimed at developing reconnaissance planes which would be >significantly less vulnerable to enemy counteraction.
In this sentence does "stealth" refer to reconnaissance planes designed to avoid detection, or to a secret/unadvertised/hidden program to develop such planes?

James Landau
jjjrlandau at netscape.com

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