Accession Number:

ADA434656

Title:

Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Weapon Effects Test, Evaluation, and Simulation

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY AND LOGISTICS WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

2005-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

133.0

Abstract:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Defense Science Board DSB Task Force on Nuclear Weapon Effects NWE Test, Evaluation and Simulation was undertaken with the overall goal of providing a comprehensive evaluation of current and future Department of Defense DoD processes for assuring successful operation in nuclear environments. As directed by the Terms of Reference, we have assessed opponent capabilities and DoD processes for establishing and enforcing hardness goals. These assessments have considered the emergence of terrorism as a major threat to the U.S. homeland and deployed forces abroad, the asymmetric attractiveness of the use of nuclear weapons to offset U.S. conventional superiority, and the growing evidence of proliferation of nuclear-capable states. We have also evaluated the evolution of DoD and Department of Energy DOE modeling, simulation, and above-ground testing capabilities since the cessation of underground testing to understand our ability to qualify hardened systems. The results of this Task Force were developed independent of, but are highly consistent with, the findings and recommendations of the Congressionally mandated Electromagnetic Pulse EMP Commission.

Descriptors:

• *TEST AND EVALUATION
• *NUCLEAR WEAPONS
• *NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TESTING
• *WEAPONS EFFECTS
• MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• SIMULATION
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• DEPLOYMENT
• ENVIRONMENTS
• TASK FORCES
• HARDENING

Subject Categories:

• Nuclear Weapons
• Radiobiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE