nuke@sh.itjust.worksM to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoThe Miku-21 isn't real and can't hurt yoush.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down13
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkThe Miku-21 isn't real and can't hurt yoush.itjust.worksnuke@sh.itjust.worksM to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squarenuke@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoIt’s to calm the pilot so they don’t panic before being vaporized out of the sky by AIM-120’s from BVR 100 miles out
minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoLooks like the Boeing factory paint color
minus-squarePsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoHexavalent chromium primer. It’s probably just their default color.
minus-squareTylerdurdon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoMaybe less glare from reflection of sunlight?
minus-squareSolOrion@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI read at one point it was thought the color would help keep pilots as alert as possible.
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoA few shades greener than turquoise, I’d say
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It’s to calm the pilot so they don’t panic before being vaporized out of the sky by AIM-120’s from BVR 100 miles out
Looks like the Boeing factory paint color
Hexavalent chromium primer. It’s probably just their default color.
Maybe less glare from reflection of sunlight?
I read at one point it was thought the color would help keep pilots as alert as possible.
That’s green tho.
A few shades greener than turquoise, I’d say