Pentagon has plans for 'Stealth' weapons family

March 18, 1982

The ''Stealth'' bomber is only the beginning.

The Wall Street Journal reported the Pentagon has plans for a whole family of radar-evading devices, including a Stealth cruise missile and small fighter plane. And the Stealth concept - a smooth, compact design with a non-metallic, radar-absorbing shell and electronig scrambling devices - can be applied to boats and tanks as well, according to the Journal.