Tacit Blue: The Invincible Whale
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- Опубліковано 24 тра 2024
- In the mid-1970s, during the height of the Cold War, the United States faced significant threats from advanced Soviet anti-aircraft artillery and radar-guided missiles. In response, DARPA initiated Project Harvey to develop stealth technologies that would render aircraft virtually undetectable to enemy defenses. Enter Northrop's Tacit Blue, one of the most unique stealth aircraft ever created.Unlike the sleek, menacing designs typically associated with stealth aircraft, the Tacit Blue featured a humorous, boxy appearance. Designed to hover over enemy locations and provide real-time updates while remaining undetected by radar, it became known as "The Whale" or "The Alien School Bus" due to its peculiar look.Northrop's engineers focused on creating an efficient stealth reconnaissance aircraft, capable of operating at low speeds and staying invisible to enemy radar. The Tacit Blue was built around a powerful side-looking array radar, designed to monitor Soviet armored movements. Its distinctive airframe, innovative flight control system, and stealth capabilities made it a remarkable technological achievement.Despite its promising features, the Tacit Blue was ultimately not deployed for active military use. However, it served as a vital stepping stone for subsequent stealth aircraft designs, including the B-2 stealth bomber. The Tacit Blue’s contributions to stealth technology are undeniable, influencing the future of military reconnaissance and stealth capabilities.Learn more about this fascinating aircraft and its impact on stealth technology in this video.
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Amazing how similar its shape is with basically all of the modern cruise missiles.
I was thinking the MQ-1 Reaper UAV in terms of that pinched-edge profile.
Area 51 is in Nevada, NOT at Edwards AFB, California. Active radar sends out a signal that tells everyone exactly where you are.
What's crazy about this thing in person, is it looks totally fake. It looks like a prop from a highschool theatre production. Crazy to know it actually flew and did testing.
I have seen it several times but never really looked at it until this week. The one on display does look suspiciously like a prop.
@1:44
1977 of the have blue project,
False.
1972 was the Have Blue project also known as the hopeless diamond.
In 1977, the have blue project became the F-117 project.
As another commenter has pointed out, the moment you turn on a rada, you are advertising your presence.
It's the Bullfrog's Dilemma; "Lady frogs, there's a stud here" in Frog is "Dinner waiting here" in Heron.
Thanks for the Video. I always wanted to see this one, and the algorithm brought be me here.
I can't watch anymore.
My biological father worked on these programs and there's just a lot of mistaken information here.
Interesting: Thank you!
Tacit Blue is one of my favorite airplanes. Truly groundbreaking.
A book on Tacit Blue tells the story of an engineer on the secret program who was going to a company party with his wife and saw she had a “white whale” pendant on her necklace - said he could not tell her why, but she had to get rid of it.
Just saw it in person. Had me wondering if that was the actual flying model, or a demonstration of the demonstrator itself. Either way, I love the B-21's quirky Grandpa
They are powerful I like it
The Shuttle craft Galileo.
O it is this plane again almost forgot about it
So, a Blue Whale? Alan Davies: *Heavy Breathing*
" a Stealth E2-C Aircraft"
~ you could have just said that at the beginning...
I didn't know that the Soviets has Rapier missiles.
How many UFO sightings could be attributed to this but they can not yet declassify the flights 😂
I always pondered about stealth coatings. I want to experiment with Pyrolytic Graphite suspended in solution and painted into place to cure aligned via tripod mounted external magnetism. Hopefully creating a hard wearing thin and lightweight radar absorption material in either horizontal or vertical alignment to the hull, or alternating in layers, as applied. Being a directional Diamagnetic for manipulation of application, and Electrically/thermally conductive to do the task required.
project harvey wasnt originally named that, they came up with that name after the whole thing ended
The thumbnail is misspelled. "Tacit," not "tacid."
Thanks soooo much, will fix that now, totally missed that
I'm pretty sure DARPA wasn't involved in designing the A-12 or SR71
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Rapier was British not Soviet.
This video is full of mistakes.
And now it can be down with a $1000 drone....
Can that drone carry 2 2000lbs smart bombs?
@@flexairz was talking about the SPY part of it's job
Area 51 is not part of Edwards Air Force Base.
Edwards is located in the California desert just north of Los Angeles, California and noted for the advanced development of aircraft but due to its location can be surveilled by practically any passersby.
Area 51 is located at least a couple hundred miles east of Edwards adjoining Las Vegas, Nevada and is not accessible or viewable by the general public.
Area 51 is at Edward’s AFB…. Really? I can only assume that all information in this video is as accurate as that simply ignorant statement… fail.
0:22 Kipper and Kippur are two different words, not pronounced alike at all. They have different and unrelated meanings. A kipper is a fish. Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement. Just thought you'd like to know.
On reading other comments it seems this isn't the only error in your video. I'm outta here.
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