"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

Sounds like a great time to be an FORMER Parachute rigger!


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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

Sorry about stealing your handle, Mike. Noted and changed..


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Sounds like a great time to be an FORMER Parachute rigger!


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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

You are dead right - but then the assumption is you surprised nobody and
you are engaged by the killing defenses which is one reason why a clear
decision needs to be made if you are focused on stealth as a strong case
leading to some degree of invisibility that net's some degree of
surprise against a spectrum of threats or a point design that works only
on one thing. In short use cruise missiles in this case.

If you are flying with stealth you may want to close off the canopy if
you can, if you are being searched out by lasers then your eyes could be
hurt before the systems and sensors would be hurt, in such a
progression. Think back on the problems with laser designators and the
various intentional and accidental bindings of personnel - this resulted
in laser glasses that were to protect the eyes in certain known utility
frequencies - but now the power is up and the spectrum expanded. The
aluminum canopy could actually be a glass/plastic one that when a strong
laser touches it turns immediately opaque and the helmet system becomes
the primary flight reference instrument set.




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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

Flashnews wrote:

If you are flying with stealth you may want to close off the canopy if
you can, if you are being searched out by lasers then your eyes could be
hurt before the systems and sensors would be hurt, in such a
progression. Think back on the problems with laser designators and the
various intentional and accidental bindings of personnel - this resulted
in laser glasses that were to protect the eyes in certain known utility
frequencies - but now the power is up and the spectrum expanded. The
aluminum canopy could actually be a glass/plastic one that when a strong
laser touches it turns immediately opaque and the helmet system becomes
the primary flight reference instrument set.

This is practical now; B-1B's use electro-optical material in the
windscreen to turn it opaque in a split second if a nuclear flash is
detected (I assume the B-2 has the same feature) to prevent the crew
from being blinded. The same technique could be used for laser attack
protection. More than lasers, microwave weapons might be the major
threat in the future.

Pat

you bet and it could be also used in glasses or visors for troopers



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Flashnews wrote:

If you are flying with stealth you may want to close off the canopy
if you can, if you are being searched out by lasers then your eyes
could be hurt before the systems and sensors would be hurt, in such a
progression. Think back on the problems with laser designators and
the various intentional and accidental bindings of personnel - this
resulted in laser glasses that were to protect the eyes in certain
known utility frequencies - but now the power is up and the spectrum
expanded. The aluminum canopy could actually be a glass/plastic one
that when a strong laser touches it turns immediately opaque and the
helmet system becomes the primary flight reference instrument set.

This is practical now; B-1B's use electro-optical material in the
windscreen to turn it opaque in a split second if a nuclear flash is
detected (I assume the B-2 has the same feature) to prevent the crew
from being blinded. The same technique could be used for laser attack
protection. More than lasers, microwave weapons might be the major
threat in the future.

Pat