Radar is a defensive weapon. A 'low radar observable' aka 'stealth' platform is an offensive weapon. What happened over Yugoslavia was luck, not technical acumen.
In any sport, the rules are well known to all players, as such, there are limits to tactics you can create. Take being out of bounds, for example. All players are restricted to a set area of competition real estate, from tennis to football to boxing. In football, you are not allowed to use your hands. In tennis, you must use specifically specified and designed hand tools called 'rackets'. In boxing, you are not allowed to use your legs as striking members. The list of restrictions goes on and on.
That is not the norm in wars. Asymmetric warfare is often bandied in this forum with the users barely know what that phrase mean, how to know when to use it, and how to actually use it. But asymmetric warfare is the perfect example of what happens in wars when people thinks they know what an enemy can do and will do, and the enemy does something else. It works both ways. You may have an 'anti-stealth' radar but as an attacker, I may have an asymmetric tactic that will negate your technical advantages. There are no rules that says I have to reveal those tactics to you. On the other hand, a radar system is bound by the laws of physics that no one, not even Russians and Chinese, can violate.
You cannot violate the laws of physics, but you can violate conventional norms of warfare.
So from that perspective, do
YOU really think that out in the hills of Nevada, the US have not trained in the scenario that someone may have an 'anti-stealth' radar? That the F-22s were not burdened with reflectors and still tasked to penetrate 'enemy' airspace? We trained to penetrate enemy airspace before 'stealth', so what make you think we have not trained the same way with 'stealth'?
On the ground, you can have guerrilla warfare. In the air, you cannot. The environment and technical issues involved do not allow such a formation of combatants -- a guerrilla air force.
It means that in the air, you will always have the typical 'force vs force' meetings. Same with air defense. Only states can sponsor and produce an air defense network. Guerrilla fighters cannot. That means in a ground vs air scenario, asymmetric warfare favors 'stealth' platforms because ground forces are not as mobile as air forces.
We know the laws of physics as well, if not better, than anyone else. On the other hand, no one knows warfare like we do.
I do. Do you?
We do not need to bomb Beijing for real. And we do not care to let them know we 'bombed' Beijing in practice.
We
ALLOWED tracking of the F-22 in peacetime. Let that sink in...
A radar cross section (RCS) is a
FICTITIOUS valuation of a body under radar bombardment.
If you do not understand the context of the word 'fictitious' here, do not worry, neither does our anti-US friend. And if he does not understand, then he does
NOT have the full measure of understanding the concept in the first place. Let him stew in that ignorance for a while.
No, you do not know the difference.