Doomsday plane
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Doomsday planeairborne command post in an event of nuclear war, disaster or other large scale conflict that threatens key military and government infrastructure.
The only countries known to have designed and manufactured such aircraft are the
Russian Federation
.
About the planes
Known officially to the United States as National Airborne Operations Centers (NAOC),nuclear war.
United States
- Boeing E-4B
The
National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP) program. The E-4 serves as a survivable mobile command post for the National Command Authority, namely the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and successors.[3]
The
ballistic missile submarines, a mission known as TACAMO (Take Charge And Move Out). The E-6B model deployed in October 1998 can also remotely control Minuteman ICBMs using the Airborne Launch Control System. With production lasting until 1991, the E-6 was the final new derivative of the Boeing 707 to be built.[4]
The
unmanned combat air vehicles.[5]
Russian Federation
- Ilyushin Il-80
- Ilyushin Il-82
- Ilyushin Il-96-400M base doomsday plane (future; to replace older Il-80 variants)
See also
- Dead Hand (nuclear war)
References
- ^ Inside the President's Doomsday planes, NYPost.com, 13 September 2014, accessed 20 March 2018
- ^ "National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC)".
- ^ "E-4B".
- ^ Petty, Dan. "The US Navy -- Fact File: E-6B Mercury airborne command post". www.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
- ^ "Boeing Polishes 737 Design for EP-3 Replacement | AVIATION WEEK". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2018-09-10.