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Say that following a major crisis beginning in late 1988, NATO and the Warsaw Pact go to war in February 1989. The F-117A Nighthawk, declassified a mere four months ago, is brought to bear alongside other Western weapons against the invading communist armies.

How would the Nighthawk have fared in a late '80s World War III against the Soviet Union? I get the feeling that they would be far from wonder weapons; the Serbs were able to detect and down F-117s using modified 1960s-vintage Soviet systems.
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