{"id":2630630,"date":"2026-06-24T22:46:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=2630630"},"modified":"2026-06-24T22:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:47:24","slug":"histoire-des-avions-furtifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fr\/stealth-aircraft-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Furtivit\u00e9 : comment les avions ont appris \u00e0 dispara\u00eetre des radars"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><p style=\"font-size:15px;color:#777;font-style:italic;margin-bottom:18px\">Une partie de <strong>Les Ailes de la Guerre \u2014 De Zeppelin \u00e0 la Sixi\u00e8me G\u00e9n\u00e9ration<\/strong>, notre s\u00e9rie sur les grands tournants de l&#039;aviation militaire.<\/p><p>Peu avant trois heures du matin, le 17 janvier 1991, les habitants de Bagdad s&#039;\u00e9veill\u00e8rent sous le plus intense bombardement antia\u00e9rien jamais vu. Des gerbes de balles tra\u00e7antes s&#039;\u00e9levaient, des missiles filaient vers le ciel, et tout le ciel au-dessus de la ville s&#039;embrasait. Et tout cela visait rien \u2013 ou plut\u00f4t, quelque chose que les artilleurs ne pouvaient ni voir, ni entendre \u00e0 temps, ni suivre.<\/p><p>Bien au-dessus d&#039;eux, une poign\u00e9e d&#039;\u00e9tranges appareils noirs, en forme de pointes de fl\u00e8ches volantes, fendaient l&#039;obscurit\u00e9, totalement invisibles aux radars qui scrutaient le ciel. L&#039;un apr\u00e8s l&#039;autre, ils ouvrirent leurs soutes \u00e0 bombes au-dessus des centres n\u00e9vralgiques de la d\u00e9fense a\u00e9rienne irakienne \u2013 les postes de commandement et les centres de communication cens\u00e9s coordonner la protection de la ville \u2013 et largu\u00e8rent leurs bombes directement \u00e0 travers les toits. Pas un seul assaillant ne fut \u00e9gratign\u00e9. En une seule nuit, le chasseur furtif F-117 avait prouv\u00e9 qu&#039;un avion pouvait survoler la ville la plus lourdement d\u00e9fendue au monde comme si les d\u00e9fenses n&#039;existaient pas.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f4f6;padding:18px 22px;margin:24px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;color:#333;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.3px\">FAITS RAPIDES<\/p><table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5\"><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Quoi<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Furtivit\u00e9 \u2014 concevoir un avion de mani\u00e8re \u00e0 ce qu&#039;il soit \u00e0 peine d\u00e9tectable par radar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Une premi\u00e8re en son genre<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Le Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>La graine improbable<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Les \u00e9quations d&#039;un physicien sovi\u00e9tique, ignor\u00e9es dans son pays d&#039;origine<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>d\u00e9buts au combat<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Panama, 1989 ; puis la nuit d&#039;ouverture de la guerre du Golfe, 1991<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>La v\u00e9rit\u00e9<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">La furtivit\u00e9 r\u00e9duit la d\u00e9tection \u2014 elle ne rend pas un avion invisible<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Aujourd&#039;hui<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Les F-22, F-35 et B-21 am\u00e9ricains ; le J-20 chinois ; le Su-57 russe<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"the-theory\" style=\"padding-top:22px\">La th\u00e9orie cach\u00e9e dans un journal sovi\u00e9tique<\/h2><p>Le plus \u00e9trange concernant la furtivit\u00e9, c&#039;est son origine. Dans les ann\u00e9es 1960, un physicien sovi\u00e9tique du nom de Piotr Oufimtsev publia des \u00e9quations complexes d\u00e9crivant la diffusion des ondes radar sur les bords d&#039;un objet. Les autorit\u00e9s sovi\u00e9tiques n&#039;y voyaient aucune utilit\u00e9 militaire. Un ing\u00e9nieur du l\u00e9gendaire d\u00e9partement \u201c\u00a0Skunk Works\u00a0\u201d de Lockheed, en revanche, y per\u00e7ut un int\u00e9r\u00eat. \u00c0 partir des calculs d&#039;Oufimtsev, les Am\u00e9ricains d\u00e9termin\u00e8rent qu&#039;un avion construit \u00e0 partir de panneaux plats et soigneusement inclin\u00e9s pouvait d\u00e9vier l&#039;\u00e9nergie radar loin de l&#039;\u00e9metteur, de sorte que presque aucun signal ne soit r\u00e9fl\u00e9chi.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=167031347  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/f-117-nighthawk-stealth-fighter.jpg\" alt=\"Un avion furtif Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk\" style=\"display:block;width:100%!important;max-width:100%!important;height:auto!important\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Le Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, avec sa forme angulaire particuli\u00e8re \u2013 surnomm\u00e9e \u201c\u00a0Diamant sans espoir\u00a0\u201d \u2013 bravait les ondes radar. Photo\u00a0: US Air Force.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Le r\u00e9sultat ne ressemblait en rien \u00e0 un avion. Les premiers mod\u00e8les \u00e9taient si anguleux et leur a\u00e9rodynamisme si maladroit que le design fut surnomm\u00e9 le \u201c\u00a0Diamant sans espoir\u00a0\u201d, et il fallut des commandes de vol \u00e9lectriques pour le maintenir en l&#039;air. Mais sur les radars, il \u00e9tait \u00e0 peine plus gros qu&#039;un oiseau. Le d\u00e9monstrateur, Have Blue, mena directement au F-117 op\u00e9rationnel, construit et utilis\u00e9 dans le plus grand secret pendant des ann\u00e9es.<\/p><p>Le secret \u00e9tait quasi obsessionnel. Le F-117 ne volait que de nuit, depuis une base isol\u00e9e en plein d\u00e9sert, et le gouvernement am\u00e9ricain refusa m\u00eame d&#039;admettre son existence jusqu&#039;en 1988, alors qu&#039;il \u00e9tait op\u00e9rationnel depuis des ann\u00e9es. Les pilotes menaient une double vie, disparaissant dans l&#039;obscurit\u00e9 et revenant avant l&#039;aube. L&#039;appareil \u00e9tait si instable qu&#039;on le surnommait le \u201c\u00a0Gobelin vacillant\u00a0\u2019\u00a0: seuls ses ordinateurs, ajustant les commandes des dizaines de fois par seconde, permettaient \u00e0 cette forme \u00e9trange de rester en vol.<\/p><h2 id=\"over-baghdad\" style=\"padding-top:22px\">Invisible au-dessus de Bagdad<\/h2><p>Le F-117 a en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 fait ses premi\u00e8res victimes non pas en Irak, mais au Panama en 1989, lors d&#039;un <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/f-117-nighthawk-first-combat-panama-just-cause-1989\/\">d\u00e9but peu m\u00e9morable<\/a>. Mais c&#039;est la guerre du Golfe qui a rendu la furtivit\u00e9 c\u00e9l\u00e8bre. Durant tout le conflit, les Nighthawks ont frapp\u00e9 les cibles les plus dangereuses et les mieux d\u00e9fendues du pays, et sont rentr\u00e9s indemnes, \u00e0 maintes reprises, tandis que les avions conventionnels avaient besoin de syst\u00e8mes de brouillage et d&#039;escorte complets pour survivre. La furtivit\u00e9 ne se contentait pas de prot\u00e9ger l&#039;appareil\u00a0; elle permettait \u00e0 un seul bombardier d&#039;accomplir la mission qui n\u00e9cessitait autrefois une flotte.<\/p><p>Les chiffres parlaient d&#039;eux-m\u00eames. Les chasseurs furtifs ne repr\u00e9sentaient qu&#039;une petite fraction des appareils survolant l&#039;Irak, et pourtant, d\u00e8s les premi\u00e8res nuits, ils ont frapp\u00e9 une part importante des cibles strat\u00e9giques les plus cruciales \u2014 les bunkers de commandement, les quartiers g\u00e9n\u00e9raux, les n\u0153uds de communication \u2014 pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment parce qu&#039;ils \u00e9taient les seuls \u00e0 pouvoir les atteindre sans l&#039;intervention d&#039;une importante flotte d&#039;avions de soutien. La furtivit\u00e9 n&#039;avait pas seulement ajout\u00e9 une capacit\u00e9\u00a0; elle avait red\u00e9fini ce qui valait la peine d&#039;\u00eatre tent\u00e9.<\/p><h2 id=\"facets-to-curves\" style=\"padding-top:22px\">Des facettes aux courbes<\/h2><p>Les panneaux plats du F-117 \u00e9taient une solution de facilit\u00e9 pour des ordinateurs peu performants. Avec l&#039;augmentation de la puissance de calcul, les ing\u00e9nieurs ont appris \u00e0 concevoir la furtivit\u00e9 sous forme de courbes fluides et continues, donnant naissance au B-2 Spirit, une aile volante alliant faible signature radar et autonomie suffisante pour traverser la plan\u00e8te. La g\u00e9n\u00e9ration suivante a combin\u00e9 furtivit\u00e9 et autres caract\u00e9ristiques : le F-22 Raptor et le F-35 associent faible signature radar, vitesse supersonique, radar avanc\u00e9 et fusion de capteurs, ce qui leur permet de d\u00e9tecter et d&#039;abattre un ennemi bien avant d&#039;\u00eatre rep\u00e9r\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1022052135  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/b-2-spirit-stealth-bomber.jpg\" alt=\"Un bombardier furtif B-2 Spirit\" style=\"display:block;width:100%!important;max-width:100%!important;height:auto!important\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Le B-2 Spirit. Son profil furtif, lisse et incurv\u00e9, a remplac\u00e9 les facettes du F-117 d\u00e8s que les ordinateurs sont devenus suffisamment rapides pour le mod\u00e9liser. Photo\u00a0: US Air Force.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1548823450  decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/f-22-raptor-twilight-modern-air-power.jpg\" alt=\"Un chasseur furtif F-22 Raptor au cr\u00e9puscule\" style=\"display:block;width:100%!important;max-width:100%!important;height:auto!important\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Le F-22 Raptor allie furtivit\u00e9, vitesse et capteurs \u2014 con\u00e7u pour voir et tirer en premier. Photo\u00a0: US Air Force.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"not-invisibility\" style=\"padding-top:22px\">La furtivit\u00e9 n&#039;est pas l&#039;invisibilit\u00e9.<\/h2><p>Il est essentiel de comprendre ce que la furtivit\u00e9 n&#039;est pas. Elle ne rend pas un avion invisible\u00a0; elle le rend beaucoup plus difficile \u00e0 d\u00e9tecter, \u00e0 suivre et \u00e0 atteindre, r\u00e9duisant ainsi consid\u00e9rablement la marge de man\u0153uvre des d\u00e9fenses pour r\u00e9agir \u00e0 une quasi-absence de d\u00e9fense. Mais \u201c\u00a0quasi\u00a0\u201d ne signifie pas \u201c\u00a0jamais\u00a0\u201d. En 1999, une \u00e9quipe de missiles serbe, utilisant un ancien radar basse fr\u00e9quence et des tactiques ing\u00e9nieuses, parvint \u00e0 abattre un F-117 \u2013 le seul jamais perdu au combat \u2013 rappelant qu&#039;aucun avantage \u00e0 la guerre n&#039;est \u00e9ternel. L&#039;histoire conna\u00eet une fin remarquable\u00a0: des ann\u00e9es plus tard, le pilote am\u00e9ricain abattu cette nuit-l\u00e0 et l&#039;officier serbe qui l&#039;avait abattu se rencontr\u00e8rent et devinrent amis \u2013 deux hommes qui avaient tent\u00e9 de s&#039;entretuer, partageant un repas et un \u00e9trange respect mutuel. Aujourd&#039;hui, une course discr\u00e8te contre la furtivit\u00e9 est en cours, les radars \u00e0 longue longueur d&#039;onde et les capteurs thermiques cherchant tous des moyens de voir l&#039;invisible.<\/p><h2 id=\"everyone\" style=\"padding-top:22px\">Tout le monde le veut<\/h2><p>Pendant deux d\u00e9cennies, la furtivit\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 un monopole am\u00e9ricain. Ce n&#039;est plus le cas. La Chine utilise le Chengdu J-20, la Russie le Su-57, et le prochain bombardier am\u00e9ricain, le B-21 Raider, est d\u00e9j\u00e0 op\u00e9rationnel. <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/b-21-raider-quietly-advances-flight-testing\/\">en essais en vol<\/a>. La furtivit\u00e9 est devenue le prix \u00e0 payer pour acc\u00e9der au premier rang de la puissance a\u00e9rienne \u2014 et le fondement sur lequel repose la sixi\u00e8me g\u00e9n\u00e9ration \u00e0 venir.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1478567636  decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/chengdu-j-20-china-fifth-generation.jpg\" alt=\"Un chasseur furtif Chengdu J-20\" style=\"display:block;width:100%!important;max-width:100%!important;height:auto!important\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Le Chengdu J-20 chinois. La furtivit\u00e9 n&#039;est plus un monopole am\u00e9ricain. Photo\u00a0: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"background:#eef3ff;border:1px solid #cdddff;border-left:5px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:24px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.3px;color:#1a3a7a;font-size:14px\">COMPARAISON DES PUISSANCES \u2014 LA COURSE \u00c0 L&#039;INFILTRATION<\/p><table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5\"><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Qui est arriv\u00e9 en premier ?<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0\">Les \u00c9tats-Unis \u2014 le F-117, puis le B-2, le F-22 et le F-35<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\"><strong>L&#039;origine cach\u00e9e<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0\">La th\u00e9orie d&#039;un physicien sovi\u00e9tique, utilis\u00e9e par les \u00c9tats-Unis plut\u00f4t que par l&#039;URSS.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Les challengers<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0\">Le J-20 chinois et le Su-57 russe \u2014 et un effort mondial de lutte contre la furtivit\u00e9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 14px 5px 0;color:#555;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\"><strong>Le verdict<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0\">La discr\u00e9tion permet de gagner du temps et de cr\u00e9er l&#039;effet de surprise \u2014 jusqu&#039;\u00e0 ce que quelqu&#039;un apprenne \u00e0 la d\u00e9jouer.<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\n<p><em>Sources\u00a0: Mus\u00e9e national de l\u2019US Air Force\u00a0; archives historiques de Lockheed Martin\u00a0; ouvrages de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence sur la technologie furtive et la guerre du Golfe de 1991.<\/em><\/p>\n<!--SERIESBOX--><div style=\"border:1px solid #d8d8d8;background:#f7f9fc;padding:28px 30px;margin:42px 0;border-radius:0;\"><div style=\"font:700 22px\/1.25 Montserrat,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.4px;color:#5C91FF;margin-bottom:20px;\">Tous les articles de la s\u00e9rie<\/div><table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;border:0;width:auto;font-family:Montserrat,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.45;\"><tr><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;color:#5C91FF;font-weight:700;padding:9px 14px 9px 10px;\">1.<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;white-space:nowrap;padding:9px 48px 9px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/zeppelin-airship-military-history-wwi\/\" style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a7a;text-decoration:none;\">Le dirigeable en guerre<\/a><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;color:#555;font-weight:400;padding:9px 12px 9px 0;\">Comment le Zeppelin a transport\u00e9 pour la premi\u00e8re fois la guerre dans les airs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;color:#5C91FF;font-weight:700;padding:9px 14px 9px 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centenaire du contr\u00f4le de l&#039;air<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;color:#5C91FF;font-weight:700;padding:9px 14px 9px 10px;\">4.<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;white-space:nowrap;padding:9px 48px 9px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/folkestone-gotha-raid-1917-strategic-bombing\/\" style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a7a;text-decoration:none;\">Folkestone, 1917<\/a><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;color:#555;font-weight:400;padding:9px 12px 9px 0;\">Le jour o\u00f9 le bombardement strat\u00e9gique est n\u00e9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;color:#5C91FF;font-weight:700;padding:9px 14px 9px 10px;\">5.<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;white-space:nowrap;padding:9px 48px 9px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/guided-missiles-precision-weapons-history\/\" style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a7a;text-decoration:none;\">La r\u00e9volution de la pr\u00e9cision<\/a><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;color:#555;font-weight:400;padding:9px 12px 9px 0;\">Quand les bombes et les missiles ont appris \u00e0 viser eux-m\u00eames<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;color:#5C91FF;font-weight:700;padding:9px 14px 9px 10px;\">6.<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;white-space:nowrap;padding:9px 48px 9px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/electronic-warfare-aviation-history\/\" style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a7a;text-decoration:none;\">La Guerre des Sorciers<\/a><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;color:#555;font-weight:400;padding:9px 12px 9px 0;\">Comment la guerre \u00e9lectronique a appris \u00e0 aveugler l&#039;ennemi<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;color:#5C91FF;font-weight:700;padding:9px 14px 9px 10px;\">7.<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;white-space:nowrap;padding:9px 48px 9px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/military-satellites-space-reconnaissance-history\/\" style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a7a;text-decoration:none;\">Yeux en orbite<\/a><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;color:#555;font-weight:400;padding:9px 12px 9px 0;\">Comment l&#039;espionnage s&#039;est \u00e9tendu \u00e0 l&#039;espace<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;color:#5C91FF;font-weight:700;padding:9px 14px 9px 10px;background:#e7f0ff;\">8.<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;white-space:nowrap;padding:9px 48px 9px 0;background:#e7f0ff;\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;color:#0b2a6b;\">Furtivit\u00e9<\/span><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;color:#555;font-weight:400;padding:9px 12px 9px 0;background:#e7f0ff;\">Comment les avions ont appris \u00e0 dispara\u00eetre des radars<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;color:#5C91FF;font-weight:700;padding:9px 14px 9px 10px;\">9.<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;white-space:nowrap;padding:9px 48px 9px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/military-drone-uav-history\/\" style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a7a;text-decoration:none;\">L&#039;essor du drone<\/a><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;color:#555;font-weight:400;padding:9px 12px 9px 0;\">La guerre sans pilote dans le cockpit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;color:#5C91FF;font-weight:700;padding:9px 14px 9px 10px;\">10.<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;white-space:nowrap;padding:9px 48px 9px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/sixth-generation-fighter-jets-race\/\" style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1a3a7a;text-decoration:none;\">La sixi\u00e8me g\u00e9n\u00e9ration<\/a><\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;border:0;color:#555;font-weight:400;padding:9px 12px 9px 0;\">Quand le chasseur a appris \u00e0 voler tout seul<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div><!--\/SERIESBOX--><!--SERIESCAR--><div style=\"border:1px solid #d8d8d8;background:#f7f9fc;border-radius:0;padding:30px 32px;margin:42px 0;font-family:Montserrat,Arial,sans-serif;\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;margin-bottom:18px;\"><div style=\"font:700 26px\/1.25 Montserrat,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:1.2px;color:#5C91FF;\">D\u00c9COUVREZ LA S\u00c9RIE<\/div><div><button type=\"button\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('wowcar').scrollBy({left:-564,behavior:'smooth'})\" style=\"border:1px solid #d8d8d8;background:#fff;color:#5C91FF;width:38px;height:38px;cursor:pointer;font-size:18px;line-height:1;border-radius:0;\">\u2039<\/button><button type=\"button\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('wowcar').scrollBy({left:564,behavior:'smooth'})\" style=\"border:1px solid 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style=\"display:block;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:1px;color:#5C91FF;margin-bottom:5px;\">APER\u00c7U<\/span><span style=\"display:block;font-weight:700;font-size:16px;line-height:1.3;color:#1a3a7a;margin-bottom:7px;\">Les Ailes de la Guerre<\/span><span style=\"display:block;font-weight:400;font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.45;color:#555;\">De Zeppelin \u00e0 la sixi\u00e8me g\u00e9n\u00e9ration<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/zeppelin-airship-military-history-wwi\/\" style=\"flex:0 0 264px;scroll-snap-align:start;display:block;text-decoration:none;border:1px solid #d8d8d8;background:#fff;border-radius:0;overflow:hidden;font-family:Montserrat,Arial,sans-serif;\"><span 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