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

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.




"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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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