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Doesn't apply to CE munitions and with KE it is usually a minor one in comparison to effective range. That's the thing, stealth messes not only with engagement ranges by affecting radar locks and being usually combined with exhaust IR signature suppression, but also reducing early warning radar...

Can't happen because unlike armor, stealth is a gradual boon. Armor is either pierced or holds. Stealth in effect reduces detection/lock range by some factor, depending on many variables. Its great if that makes it go down to fairly impractical 5 km, but even reducing a 100 km range SAM site to...

Not sure about Grippen, which is more of a light economy fighter, but the gen 4.5 ones, if kept up with tech updates, quite possibly. The secret is in the missiles. Rumors are that Su-57 is closer to F-35 level of stealth (if even there) than F-22, meanwhile look at what the French are scheming...