"Helmet system replaces heads-up display on F-35s"

Flashnews wrote:
Not only that Ed, it sets up the way one could work against lasers - in
a rough sense just think about an aluminum canopy.


So you put the metal canopy of it, and instead of blinding you, the
laser blinds the plane's cameras...and then, as you are descending under
your parachute, the laser gets around to blinding you also. Then it sets
the chute on fire.

Pat