Nuclear Effects During SAC Delivery Missions

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Filming Armageddon: Air Force Movies Depict U.S. Preparations for Nuclear War | National Security Archive

Washington, D.C., March 20, 2023 – The declassified Air Force film shows the crew of a U.S. B-52 bomber reaching its “Positive Control” (“fail safe”) point on the way to its target in the Soviet Union. But instead of turning around as usual, they get an order to proceed to their assigned...

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[TsrJoe]

Thanks for linking, Interesting to see the flight crew wearing eye patches (latter half of the film depicting simulated mission)

 

[Ravinoff]

Thanks for linking, Interesting to see the flight crew wearing eye patches (latter half of the film depicting simulated mission)

I knew I heard of that somewhere! Makes sure you've got at least one good eye in case of flash blindness. Was sort of an ad-hoc solution, the creepy-ass EEU-2/P PLZT goggle-mask pictured below for SAC bombers. Neat thing, it's not something like a self-tinting welding mask or those lenses for glasses, they're made with a sandwich of polarized glass and an interesting electro-optical ceramic. At "rest" it's completely opaque as seen in the picture, but when supplied with an electric charge it turns transparent-ish (the helmets used a 28V power pack). A photosensor trips the circuit breaker if a dangerously intense flash is detected, so within a few miliseconds they snap back to being opaque.

 

[robunos]

Thanks for linking, Interesting to see the flight crew wearing eye patches (latter half of the film depicting simulated mission)

I knew I heard of that somewhere! Makes sure you've got at least one good eye in case of flash blindness. Was sort of an ad-hoc solution, the creepy-ass EEU-2/P PLZT goggle-mask pictured below for SAC bombers. Neat thing, it's not something like a self-tinting welding mask or those lenses for glasses, they're made with a sandwich of polarized glass and an interesting electro-optical ceramic. At "rest" it's completely opaque as seen in the picture, but when supplied with an electric charge it turns transparent-ish (the helmets used a 28V power pack). A photosensor trips the circuit breaker if a dangerously intense flash is detected, so within a few miliseconds they snap back to being opaque.

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Hmmmm . . .

they snap back to being opaque.

Sounds like the 'Joo Janta 200 X' fear sensitive sun glasses worn by Xaphod Beeblebrox in THGTTG . . .

cheers,
Robin.