Normally, they don't throw up missiles like a FAC blanket. But they did that day. They knew it was there but couldn't lock on it so they used the multi barreled shotgun approach. Doing this makes you run out of SA missiles very quickly. USAF learned from this and went on to use the F-117 over a much more dense SA defense with zero losses to the F-117.
Just because you say so doesn't make it so. I bet you would even subsribe to the flat earth if you thought it helped your employer, Putin,. You should move this to "Conspiracy Theory".
Two missiles. Both were on course but one simply didn´t detonate. Your employer, Washington Bob, should have told you that people can open the links that I post.
Let's take a look at your own cite.
They intercepted classified communications that said where and when. The prepositioned their radar sites for the best detection. Using low frequency (those radar operators knew their stuff) they use the radar to detect one F-117 with it's doors open. Even the F-22 pops up on radar the second or two that his weapon bay doors are open. The radar operators know just how long they could keep their radar on to avoid detection. Again, these weren't no pilgrims. The fired "Several Missiles". Two were close enough to the target to detonate but only one did. One was enough. What part of "Several" are you having trouble with. USAF didn't stop using the F-117 after that. They adjusted after going over the scenerio and made the appropriate mission changes. No others were lost. The loss of the bird was not from the F-117, but from underestimating the enemy. Much like you are doing now.
Again you are alleging something that is not there. Several is two here, as the article describes:
"He observed the two missiles punch through the low cloud cover and head straight for his aircraft. The first passed over him, close enough to cause buffeting, but did not detonate. The second missile detonated, causing significant damage to the aircraft and causing it to tumble, out of control."
1999 F-117A shootdown - Wikipedia
You really need to become serious in discussions. Discussions with you impossible because you are always in denial of the given facts.
This is how the F-117A was shot down in Serbia by a SA-3 (S-75) Goa SAM in 1999
Several is more than a couple. But I won't argue that with you. The fact is, they were using an antiquated long range radar that isn't used today. While they got a sense he was there at 31 miles, they got a short lock at about 8 miles and fired. They used a combination of radar, laser and eyeballs to make the hit.
What made it possible was the F-117 was wet. That enabled them to detect him. They waited until he opened his bomb doors and fired. What we learned from this is to NEVER expect a decent stealth in the rain. While a 4th gen is harder to see in the rain, the fifth gen actually degrades it stealth a bit. Hence the BS claim that the F-35 can't fly in the rain. It can but you don't go into a heavily contested area in the rain. Same goes for the F-22. Instead, you send in your 4th gen F-15/16 combo that actually benefits from the rain.
We learned that we can't fly the same mission parameters over and over. It had to be changed. They flew the F-117 like they did the F-105s during vietnam. WE lost a lot of Thuds and Pilots that way. And the Buffs were flown the same way in Vietnam. When you notice this, you move your radar and put a narrow beam to that area. A Wide Beam like is normally used is less sensitive. Somehow, they had the entire flight parameters by eavesdropping on broadcasts for the F-117. USAF made a number of errors that they should not have made. Yes, the Slavs did a fantastic job but they were helped.
About the doors. The Doors on that particular bird stayed open a full 8 seconds. When the doors are open, you aren't stealthy at that point. They got the lock and went for it and got it. Today, the weapons bay doors on both the F-35 and F-22 are open less than a second. Not long enough for you to obtain a lock.
Like everything else, it's a learning curve. The F-117 was the beginning of the learning curve. The Bird was fantastic but the serious of comedic errors that were done were the cause of the shoot down.
www.birdstrikes.com is not a reliable source when it comes to issues with US aircraft.
"In an interview this week with The Associated Press, Dani said the F-117 was detected and shot down during a moonless night — just three days into the war — by a Soviet-made SA-3 Goa surface-to-air missile.
"We used a little innovation to update our 1960s-vintage SAMs to detect the Nighthawk," Dani said. He declined to discuss specifics, saying the exact nature of the modification to the warhead's guidance system remains a military secret.
It involved "electromagnetic waves," was all that Dani — who now owns a small bakery in this sleepy village just north of Belgrade — would divulge.
"Long before the 1999 war, I took keen interest in the stealth fighter and on how it could be detected," said Dani, who has been hailed in Serbia as a war hero. "And I concluded that there are no invisible aircraft, but only less visible."
The Serb SAMs remained a potent threat throughout the conflict, forcing attacking warplanes to altitudes above 15,000 feet, where they were safe from surface-to-air missiles but far less effective in a ground attack role.
NATO won the war in June 1999, after President Slobodan Milosevic decided to withdraw his largely intact army from Kosovo, following the destruction of numerous government buildings, bridges and other infrastructure targets throughout Serbia."
USATODAY.com - Serb discusses 1999 downing of stealth
