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North American "Silent Night" Stealth Fighter Concept (1973) |
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ABOUT THE DESIGN: | ABOUT THE MODEL: | |
The "Silent Night" stealth
attack fighter was the baseline configuration included in a feasibility
study North American Aviation had with the Office of Naval Research between
1971 and 1973. This was during the later stages of the Viet Nam War,
when losses over North Viet Nam to Soviet metric radars were disturbing.
The Navy wanted options to defeat these radars, then destroy them. The
"Silent Night" was the result of this study.
Although the "Silent Night"
never became a full-fledged project, many of the concepts it utilized,
including a tail-less "flying wing" configuration, an internal engine and
internal weapons bays, eventually made their way into the actual Stealth
aircraft and UCAVs of the the late 20th and early 21st centuries. |
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