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Project RAINBOW
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<p>Project RAINBOW was the name given by the <a href="/facts/CIA/4dKdNElW">CIA</a> to a research project aimed at reducing the <a href="/facts/Radar_cross-section/XdgINtML">radar cross-section</a> of the <a href="/facts/Lockheed_U-2/teouQIET">Lockheed U-2</a> and lowering the chance that it would be detected and tracked by Soviet radars during its overflights of the USSR. However, the Soviets continued to track the U-2 flights in spite of experimentation with various technological fixes. </p>