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United States Navy Boeing E-6B Mercury (UNKNOWN) | Photo 70319

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Photo ID 70319, uploaded March 15, 2015

Doomsday comes to Silicon Valley! The E-6B's mission is to relay instructions to U.S. Nuclear forces in case ground-based communication is destroyed. Note the anti-flash white paint scheme to reflect thermal radiation from nuclear blasts.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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