/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3887046
Not necessarily. The intakes of most stealth aircraft are S-shaped, and often include splitters and such, designed to prevent radar waves from bouncing off the fan and back out again. Even if the waves aren't reflected off in some harmless direction like external waves are, the RAM coatings inside the intake can absorb them quite efficiently, especially if they have to reflect multiple times to make their way back out again.