Shots ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, and DOG, The First Tests of the TUMBLER-SNAPPER series 1 April - 1 May 1952.

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Abstract:

The first chapter of this volume describes the physical setting and general characteristics of Shots ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, and DOG and briefly introduces the Desert Rock exercises and the scientific activities in which DOD personnel participated. The remaining four chapters address each of the four shots in turn. Each of these chapters describes the setting and characteristics of one detonation and details DOD participation in the scientific projects conducted by the test groups. The chapters describing CHARLIE and DOG also discuss the training activities associated with Exercise Desert Rock IV. The chapters conclude by discussing the radiological protection procedures used to minimize the potential for exposures to ionizing radiation. Details of the overall radiological protection program at Operation TUMBLER-SNAPPER are provided in the series volume, Operation TUMBLER-SNAPPER, 1952,

Author(s):
Ponton, Jean ; Maag, Carl
Author Organization(s):
JRB ASSOCIATES INC MCLEAN VA
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/ADA122241
Pagination:
0234

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

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Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
DNA-6020F
Contract/Grant Number(s):
DNA001-79-C-0473
Task Number(s):
K506
Project Number(s):
U99QAXM
Monitor Series:
6020F
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_3.1_Maneuver; JCA_3.1.1_Maneuver to Engage; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_1.2.2_Exercising; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance
Modernization Areas:
Space
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TESTING, TEST AND EVALUATION, NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS, YIELD(NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS), ARMY PERSONNEL, ARMY TRAINING, AIRBURST, NUCLEAR CLOUDS, HEIGHT OF BURST, RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR RADIATION PROTECTION
Field(s)/Group(s):
Radioactivity, Radioactive Wastes and Fission Products
Keyword(s):
TUMBLER SNAPPER operation, ABLE shot, BAKER shot, CHARLIE shot, DOG shot, Desert Rock 4 Exercise, PE62704H, WU08, LPN JRB 2 816 03 423 00
Report Date:
1982 Jun 15