Wingnut
Still off topic but to quickly answer the question: .
Originally Posted by
WingNut60
Actually, for the military aircraft, I was thinking more along the lines of the shielding for ionising radiation (and electromagnetic pulse) associated with nuclear weapons.
As I understand it amount of radiation released at the instant detonation is very much dependant on the weapon, many are relatively (I stress relatively clean) at the sort of distance the delivery aircraft would presumably plan to be at the moment of detonation. The radiation at short range and also from any fallout is another matter ...as is EMP.
Canute also makes a valid point.....certainly peacetime rules regarding level of exposure etc would be long gone.