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Chapter 10 - Typical Nuclear Test Event
The following pages illustrate the preparation and
execution of a
typical nuclear test event from the standpoint of Task Group 7.) Operations.
The ROSE Event was selected for portrayal.
The test will be covered from
the preparation of the operation order to the debriefing and critique after
the last aircraft had landed,
The test aircraft participation was decided upon prior to the opera-
tional phase of HARDTACK and was outlined in Annex B to Task Group 7.)
Operation Plan 1-58.
The participating aircraft, the projects which they
supported and the general purposes for their participation were outlined
in the referenced document.
Occasionally, changes to the test array as
outlined in Operation Plan 1-58 were made.
The only change for ROSE was
the addition of a Task Group 7.3 P2V, whose mission was flying a rad-safe ©
barrier partrol post H-Hour to the array.
By D minus three (3) days, a supplementary operation order was published for each test event.
The order for ROSE, Task Group 7.4 Operation
Order 18-58, was first published six (6) days prior to the’ actual detonation.
Some difficulty was experienced in obtaining positioning data and a
safety certificate for these planned positions prior to original publication date of the supplementary operation order.
The positioning data and
safety certifications were the responsibility of Task Group 7.1.
The
difficulty in obtaining this data from Task Group 7.1 was unavoidable in
most instances due to "D" days for shots on which the. projects wanted to
participate being scheduled close together.
Frequently there was insuffi-
cient time to reduce data gathered on one (1) shot in time to produce
positioning criteria in a timely fashion for the next shot.
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