Nuclear proof 'doomsday' plane
These aircraft are equipped with mobile command centres, operations areas, conference rooms and more and can also resist electromagnetic pulses.
They would carry the US President and top military leaders in the event of a national emergency.
The aerospace and automobile giant Rolls Royce has recently revealed that it has been successful in securing a contract to provide technology for the next-generation version of the US Air Force’s nuclear-blast resistant aircraft.
This aircraft will be the new version of the E-4B planes, dubbed the ‘doomsday plane’, for its capacity to resist electromagnetic pulses and nuclear blasts. This will be part of the Survivable Airborne Operations Centre (SAOC) project, which a number of aerospace companies are working on, headed by Sierra Nevada Corporation.
Euronews 23 maj 2024
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