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11.23.09

Stealth Wind Turbines Avoid Erasing Aircraft From Radar

A Danish company has demoed the first stealthy wind turbine that uses similar materials to stealth aircraft
By Jeremy Hsu Posted 11.02.2009 at 12:15 pm 4 Comments

Wind turbines can be a radar operator's worst nightmare. By scrambling radar waves as blades spin faster or slower, large wind farms are sometimes capable of erasing airplanes from radar screens completely. But a Danish wind turbine company and a UK defense contractor may have found a solution by unveiling the first "stealth" wind-turbine blade last month.

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