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NUCLEAR FLASH [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
CONT

The design of the cockpit of the Vulcan reflects the need to shield the crew from the effects of a nuclear flash, there being very little window space. Crew would sit in darkness shielded from the pilots by the fallout curtain, and with the small portholes usually blocked.

CONT

... a new bomber would .. need to cruise economically at high altitude and fly effectively at very low altitude with the cockpit shuttered against nuclear flash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE
CONT

Le LRCA [...] aura une faible consommation en croisière à haute altitude et devra pouvoir voler à très basse altitude. L'habitacle sera protégé contre le flash nucléaire.

OBS

Pluriel : des flashs ou des flashes.

OBS

flashs (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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