OPERATION CROSSROADS. TESTS ABLE AND BAKER

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Abstract:

Test data are summarized on airburst Test Able and underwater Test Baker nuclear explosion tests of naval aircraft. The Bureau of Aeronautics target aircraft exposure plans for Test ABLE had as their objective the determination of the effects of the atomic bomb upon aircraft as a function of distance from the center of the burst. Of the 73 aircraft originally provided for the air burst forty remained usable for the underwater bomb test. These forty aircraft comprised nineteen undamaged, ten lightly damaged and eleven moderately to heavily damaged aircraft which were considered, however, to be satisfactory test items. Author

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
JOINT TASK FORCE ONE WASHINGTON DC
Descriptive Note:
Bureau of Aerounatics group final rept.
Pagination:
0271

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
XRD-157
Monitor Series:
DASA
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned
Modernization Areas:
5G
Communities of Interest:
Air Platforms
Descriptor(s):
*NAVAL AIRCRAFT, *NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DAMAGE, NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS, FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, VULNERABILITY, CATAPULTS, SHIPBOARD, RADIOACTIVITY, AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, RANGE(DISTANCE), BLAST, THERMAL RADIATION, BATTLESHIPS, SEAPLANES, CRUISERS, WATER BASED AIRCRAFT, FLYING BOATS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Marine Engineering
Keyword(s):
ABLE SHOT(CROSSROADS OPERATION), BAKER SHOT(CROSSROADS OPERATION), CROSSROADS OPERATION
Report Date:
1946 Oct 18