There was a rather chilling documentary on Channel 4 on nuclear weapons.
The US spent millions on developing a glass bomber windscreen that darkened when a nuclear flash went off, but the UK couldn't afford it, so we gave Avro Vulcan pilots eyepatches. One pilot had shutters over his windows while the other had an eyepatch on. If they caught a flash, he took it off so he could see with his other eye. If that one was blinded too, then co-pilot took over. It would take four near-by detonations to blind the pilots.
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Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Wed 21 Jul 2010, 14:15,
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Yep, Then they had to turn south and hope to find somewhere to land...
...cos by the time you's launched your weapons, Britain was all but gone...
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TheMattInAHat has a particular... odour..., Thu 22 Jul 2010, 0:36,
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Ah, the ones aiming for Moscow
had to fly to the Norweigian coast to be picked up by submarine. That's what they were told, anyway...
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Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 22 Jul 2010, 1:55,
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