...Skunk Works, Phantom Works & sci-fi rumors; for EM stealth purposes, the designs had the plasma generators start at the nose and spaced on all trailing surfaces. Plasma panel surfaces for 'aileron-less' supersonic & even hypersonic designs at critical boundary layer transitions, shock/boundary & shock/shock interactions to - mitigate/eliminate sonic booms!
"You didn't see anything, right?"
Mystery Aircraft Over Texas
Me thinks, a manned EC/strike version.