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Projecti 5.7 - Themd Flux ad Albedo Measurements From project 6.1 - Accurate Lecation of Electrowgnet~c pulse Project 8.5 - Airborne High of Characteristics of Airborne > Antennas and Phototube for Yield at Extended Ground to Air Ran&s. . 59 III - LASL PROGRAMS Time of Arrival .... Measurement of Alpha and Boost. ......... 30.2 - The Vulnerability of Stockpile Atomit Weapons . .
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cmplete or flnal resul.tsof the work of the Y=Ious pojeds. No b formation on the constructim of the dewlce is included, in otier that the classificatim w lx kept to Secret Restricted Data. zic-~~[~J:~ device }iasdetonated on the north end of Runit Isbd,
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The objectives for this shot k-eraas foil-~’s: 1-0 To sLu@ the nech,mical effects of a water 2. TO study the thermal effeds, if any, res~t~ of air nsar the grmxi surface on shock traxm.ission. from the heating
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To cc::~e the damge of this detonation to .%ot 2 of Oppration ‘Wm. Lar-..geprediction for this size weapon. -i.::-,~nles~2g Consj.derd light d=wea Six of the latter vehicles were wertw~ed; fow upside dom and one en its left sidsa Displace;mmt for the face-on vehicles ranged from 33! at the ford displlace=zntr~~ged from X23 feet to 9 feet respectively.
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stabiMzed mounted and the b.tenaloz~ter was set for a fo.%-.szd~re.rbp of 57 to 62 peroent. The xerographic filn has developed at the FPG to bsum 37
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at the end of Radii 1, 5, and 6. An L(X or DUJ will enter the crater =nd The postshot aerial photo~raphs were studied; the dhxeter frcznrim to I% of the lip ‘as esthated to be 430 feet. No conclusions can be drawn until the findings of the film .mz@is md th~--
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Cne P2V-5 aircraft was equiFped tith gamz~ radhtion detectcrs to record dose rate a.-ridng through the thin aircraft sti fran the surface blm. U%=t ok ~-t022 at an altfi~uleof 300 feet, then su vey the l:~oon area bo hibiting the aircraft fran flight lm-er than I,CW feet and orde~ it away
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(1) obtain fa).louts~nples on land andto psrform radiopl-ysiml and r~.dicchmicd ne:w.iizents on the s>qles; (2) prfipre dose rate contours of the :$011 area frm information gathered by this project, other projectsj end FQc!- Ss.fe;and (3) emluate the role of the hse surge in tramport of radioactive of a probe on a long cable suspded below the horcrhg helicopter. The position Aerial Swzmy: Aerial m-my psadlng,staken on three mccessive dqs are T17otted a a function of t~me in Fig. 2,65-2.r. The average slope of the field
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to b uni.fordy distributed through the vollxxs of the pafij.cl~so On the of the total particles in the size fractions larger than 50 microns. The radic~ctivity of both types of particles .ap>sared to be t&ifordy di stri.. ed
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off the paper and was Unreadable, although functionln~ properly~ One wing de- ~..q 26 Pz=.zters$ vibrated excessively at shock arriml and five fre.-ms(.332 :-sconds) wre unreadable. It is felt that no data ;raslost hmever, since the c?>signlimit load on the stabilator. Eased on the zrmovnced 3<eld3 were genera13y less than would have been expeded, T’llisiudlcates for a re-positioning of the aircraft on further shctsa 2.ppror;-czt e. Tfiey are subject to ch~e pending further evaluation of the data colll~ti.ed. They were reported at this the to provide early test r~s’~ts to -... those concsrned with effects of nuclear wapons.
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Tt.~rmalFlux End Albedo Mcamrensnts from Aircraft - The objecti~e of this shot k=s to cbtain tfiernd flux and albedo Instrment.ati.onwithin the purtiew of ?roject 5.7 which was Installed in the B-57 included nineteen (19) MUIL calorimeters and two (2) WL!ILra?icmeters for meas~ing the dtiect and surface reflected
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of the appropriate project indicated above. Fhot.o:2-a:hic Data: Of the eighteen (IJ3)cazeras under the purview of Project
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The objective of Project 6.3 is to obtain data on the effects of high yield the effect of orientation relative to the eafi~h~srmg~:sticfield on F2 k:J--er 1. Ionosphere recorder site (Ro.ngertiAtoll) ‘We.rtticalincidmce the tiual height and critical frequencies of ionized P5@G:-.S of the upper atnosphere. di-rection of mximm intensity of radiation will lx at the desired vertical angle
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corder was used. This recofier is tinesane as the G-2j e:’:ceptfor a fe”~~~~ifications and bprovements,
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1. To deterdne the effectiveness of flush ncunted airborne antennas 3* To determine the temporal ~~d intensity characteristics of visible NO dissernable signal codd be seen in the photograph.
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NCI compa~e these data with corrsspording data from tover shots. I:ereused to measure the thermal radiation at Station 815.01 (8,121 f% TThe tata ]:ererecorded on Heiland oscillographic recorders, two of whi=‘t .,~ereplaee3 at each station. Each reconder gcve a time history plot for
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fireball color tcz~sratum as seen from an airborne station. to be acconplishsd by detexmti.rcingthe atmospheric attenuatma surenent aiidcorrecting the power received at the fil+iu-
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Tlneextent of noise within the various tape charmels has required a detafied filteriq proc$ssa Consequently$ the fjmal dzta reduction will be a_
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This mission wa~ for all prcccticalp-mFoses, a test mn for air rjsnt. Time of arrival for positioning PW.OSSs was excel) ent.
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Three different nethods of data reduction were employed, all.of Iltiichbased on equation 17 of Chapter 5, by Bethe, in ~-lea, tich states that the equation 17 on a point by point basis, also with nass-correction. The velocities
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FIG. 18.1-2 This figure has been determined to be NOT RECLASSIFIABLE. ?
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