[creshal]

> As one U.S. Navy officer rhetorically asked, “Does the mission require a cloaking device or is it OK if the threat sees it but can’t do anything about it?”

Depends on the mission. And if full stealth is not necessary after all, why have such an expensive stealth system in the first place?

[Someone1234]

How did you go from "can't do anything about it" to "not necessary after all?" The stealth is what makes the aircraft harder to shoot down, that is what makes it "necessary."