MORE PROBLEMS SEEN WITH STEALTH B-2

October 11, 1991

The Soviet Union probably can see the B-2 Stealth bomber on some of its radars - but cannot see it well enough to target and shoot it down, Gen. Merrill McPeak, chief of staff of the Air Force, said Wednesday.The B-2 bomber is in political trouble over its cost and over its inability to show projected improvement in the form of a reduced radar signature between two stages of recent testing.