43, ASSUMPTIONS
Certain assumptions have been made in this study regarding safety
4 criteria and the procedures to be followed in the operations prior to launch.
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1. The T-~107 safing and arming devices will be opened and visually
inspected after arrival in the launch area in order to determine that all
components are correctly reset. The monitor circuits in these devices check
only that the switches have not operated and that timers are reset; they do
not insure that ail detents are in the proper position and that accelerometer weights are latched.
2.
The T-l07 devices will not be installed until after missile
erection, in order that the above visual inspection is not invalidated by
any shocks the devices may have experienced in handling.
3. The arming and fuzing timer assembly will be opened and visually
inspected after arrival in the launch area to determine that the cams are
reset to the correct initial position. The electrical monitor circuit does
not insure that cams are reset properly; only that solenoids have been reset.
h.
The high voltage jumper cable in the warhead will be installed
approximately 15 to 30 minutes prior to launch, or later, The jumper plug
which connects the arming and fuzing section to the missile circuits will be
installed at the same time.
5. The warhead arm/safe switch will be armed by the T-007 control
and monitor panel at approximately one minute prior to launch.
6. In the event of a fire occurring while the missile is on the
launcher, all.external power to the missile will be immediately disconnected.
7. Nuclear detonations occurring 90,000 feet or more (slant range)
from any inhabited area are not hazardous.
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8.
The means available for ground control of the missile after
jaunch are command cutoff and separation. Command fuel-tank rupture by
means of primacords may also be provided subject to a pending decision of
Commander, JTF.7.
9, Assuming faulty guidance, the maximum possible range of the
missile with the fuel load carried is approximately 175 nautical miles.
10. The only personnel on Bikini Atoll at the time of detonation are
on How and Nan Islands.
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