O dia em que o Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor HUMILHOU caças iranianos
Video from the channel O Segredo do Voo about Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 3:11. Language: Portuguese. Video type: Documentary.
Short, dramatized explainer piece about the F-22 Raptor and an episode that took place in 2013 in the Persian Gulf. Two Iranian F-4 fighters were chasing a US drone when an F-22 approached them undetected.
The video attributes the aircraft's stealth to two factors: the fuselage geometry, designed to scatter radar waves instead of returning them to the antenna, and a coating of materials that absorb electromagnetic energy and convert it into heat.
According to the account, the American pilot positioned himself below the Iranian fighters and observed their weapons. He then let himself be seen and radioed them to head back home. The video presents the episode as a demonstration of stealth technology and describes the F-22 as a fighter that has never needed to shoot down another in combat.