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The helmet of a B-52 pilot for dropping nuclear bombs
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:06 pm
This Is What USAF Bomber Pilots Would Wear During a Nuclear Apocalypse
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During a nuclear exchange, as B-52H and B-2A pilots make their way to and from their targets, flashes from nuclear detonations would have the ability to temporarily blind them, making flying their aircraft impossible. This intermittent blindness could last two minutes during the day, or up to ten minutes at night. Different countermeasures were developed during the Cold War to counter this physiological reality. These included constructing thermal curtains to cover the B-52's windows, along with a television camera and FLIR system that, along with the BUFF's instruments, allow pilots to continue on their mission without external visibility. Polarized Lead Zirconium Titanate (PLZT, pronounced "plizzit") flash blindness goggles are also used for the same purpose, and they look as otherworldly as can be.
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Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:07 pm to DavidTheGnome
Saw a dude like that in Walmart yesterday.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:08 pm to DavidTheGnome
Also what I usually have to wear to get through one of your posts
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:08 pm to DavidTheGnome
Do i stick my dick in that tube?
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:09 pm to DavidTheGnome
Looks like a storm trooper. Hopefully they aim better than one.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:09 pm to DavidTheGnome
Who knew Daft Punk were reservists
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:10 pm to DavidTheGnome
Major Kong didn't need no stinkin helmet.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:10 pm to DavidTheGnome
Wonder how well it does as a welding hood
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:10 pm to DavidTheGnome
I think it looks like it’s from Half Life 2
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:10 pm to DavidTheGnome
... and then they reported back to Lord Vader.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:11 pm to DavidTheGnome
The pilots of the future wear them to the Catina and play music in them
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:11 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:12 pm to boosiebadazz
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Also what I usually have to wear to get through one of your posts
Amen.
OP is the rare Tier 5 poster.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:12 pm to DavidTheGnome
I want one.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:13 pm to DavidTheGnome
Kinda looks like Antman's helmet
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:15 pm to Jackie Chan
Bill Lambier was a Sleestak(sp?) as a teenager. No kidding.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:16 pm to DavidTheGnome
Looks like the first attempt at a Stormtroopers helmet.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:17 pm to DavidTheGnome
How Baxter Stockman should've looked in the live action
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:17 pm to DavidTheGnome
That’s really cool, thanks for sharing that.
Posted on 4/21/20 at 9:18 pm to DavidTheGnome
The white piece is not part of the helmet. It is an accessory called the Lead Zirconate Titonate (PLZT) goggles that attach to the normal helmet. The PLZT goggles are able to detect a nuclear flash faster than the eye and shut down in time to block the blinding light of that nuclear flash, thus saving the eyesight of the pilots.
A new version, that will essentially be just a normal visor on the helmet instead of this Darth Vader looking contraption, is under development right now.
A new version, that will essentially be just a normal visor on the helmet instead of this Darth Vader looking contraption, is under development right now.
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