Accession Number:

AD0625251

Title:

A SURVEY OF THE WEAPONS AND HAZARDS WHICH MAY FACE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN WARTIME,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• BRODE,Harold L.

Report Date:

1965-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

Contents Non-nuclear weapons conventional highexplosive weapons, biological warfare, chemical weapons. Special weapons radiological weapons, neutron bomb, penetrating weapons, nuclear weapons. Nuclear explosions initial character, nuclear radiation, uncertainties influencing attack planning, height of burst. Blast damage. Thermal radiation from nuclear bursts. Ground shock and craters. Fallout, future weapon developments.

Descriptors:

• *NUCLEAR PROPERTIES
• *CHEMICAL WARFARE
• *BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
• *DEFENSE SYSTEMS
• UNITED STATES
• UNITED STATES
• UNITED STATES
• UNITED STATES
• UNITED STATES
• RADIOLOGICAL WARFARE
• BLAST
• THERMAL RADIATION
• CRATERING
• FALLOUT

Subject Categories:

• Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare
• Nuclear Warfare
• Ammunition and Explosives

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE