From missile lock to ejection, a fighter pilot has seconds — and once the handle is pulled everything happens mechanically in under two seconds. Explosive bolts shatter the canopy, a rocket motor fires, and the pilot absorbs forces over ten times body weight. A drogue chute stabilizes before the main parachute arrests speed completely. Ejection causes serious injury for many — some never fly again. The system costs $2.5 million per seat. Not expensive when a combat-ready pilot takes over a decade to train. Aircraft can be replaced. Pilots cannot.
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