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After Laser Attacks, Pentagon Spending $200M to Protect Pilots’ Eyeballs
The U.S. Air Force is planning to spend nearly $200 million on special glasses and visors to protect pilots’ eyes from dangerous lasers like the ones the Pentagon accuses China of firing into the cockpits of U.S. warplanes. (www.govexec.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Why not spend the money on a special coating for the windscreens????????
Perhaps there is no such thing.
I expect it is a lot less expensive and lot quicker to replace the visors and eyeglasses than to apply coatings or replace all of those windscreens and windows.
I already said that. Still it's a valid point.
Could a fold down visor provide flight information but it is configured to bounce the laser energy off the visor thus protecting the pilots eyes. I am sure there are coatings can be applied so the laser energy is defeated. In a sense we are giving the aircraft a pair of expensive sun glasses.
But that would not provide protection from any direction other than through the HUD. coated helmet visors and eyeglasses are likely the best and most cost effective means of combating this issue.