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NUCLEAR BOMBER [4 records]

Record 1 2007-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Air Forces
OBS

The B-1 resulted from the USAF's [US Air Force's] Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft(AMSA-or, as it became known, America's Most Studied Airplane) program of 1965 to find a low altitude penetration nuclear bomber to replace the B-52.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Forces aériennes
OBS

Le programme du Bombardier stratégique évolué a été lancé en 1965 par l'US Air Force pour désigner un successeur au B-52.

Spanish

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Record 2 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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Record 3 2000-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Air Forces
CONT

[The] B-2 Spirit originally started as Project Senior CJ and [was] later renamed as ATB(Advance Tactical Bomber). The B-2 uses four F-118 Turbofans.... The turbofan has intake and exhaust at the top of the aircraft to prevent ground control to spot them. The pilot and co-pilot are seated side by side in a zero-zero vertically ejecting ACES II seats.... a B-2 can get updates for GPS satellites to avoid ground firing while the pilot spots the target. Once the target is found, the pilot will turn on special radar, which only scan the target area and once spotted the B-2 will launch its nuclear ordnance or SRAM II missiles.... the B-2 provides the penetrating flexibility and effectiveness inherent in manned bombers. Its low-observable, or "stealth, "characteristics give it the unique ability to penetrate an enemy's most sophisticated defenses and threaten its most-valued, and heavily defended targets. Its unrefueled range is approximately 6, 000 nautical miles(9, 600 kilometers). The B-2's low observability is derived from a combination of reduced infrared, acoustic, electromagnetic, visual and radar signatures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Forces aériennes
CONT

Investir dans des forces aériennes de longue portée: B-2 [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Forces
  • CBRNE Weapons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forces aériennes
  • Armes CBRNE

Spanish

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