Stealth aircraft can carry radar reflectors during routine flying, while warships and submarines can use noise-makers that make them easier to detect. These additions keep peacetime observers from measuring the platform's true low-observable performance. The reflectors or noise-makers can be removed or switched off for operations. A platform's everyday radar or acoustic signature may therefore differ from what an opponent would encounter in wartime.
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Why stealth platforms may look less stealthy in peacetime
Radar reflectors and noise-makers can keep routine observations from revealing an aircraft's, warship's, or submarine's true operational signature.