McC
cClellan.
ther
Furthermore,
an RC-121D aircraft from McClellan is
required
as the control aircraft. The target arca
would be about 2 hours west ° of
1
suggested date of 14 December for the air exer
cise,
of
In lateNov.,DASA was providing the ATSD (AE) with background information
on Teak, Orange, Argus, Yucca, and Wahoo, apparently to aid in evaluating what
new information on high altitude, underwater, etc. effects is needed as compared
‘to what was gathered from these tests in the past.
As for the Wahoo test, the
.
proposed Asroc test, which was to performed in Nov. on the quick response time
scale is discussed as to what new measurements can be
made on the more extended
time scale with 4 to 6 months to prepare.
Note that these files indicate that the DASA panels and divisions which
address various weapons effects, such as ionization, transient radiation, blast
and shock, etc. are addressing these areas in various symposia and meetings
and communications with other DOD and outside agencies through 1961, but I do
JB
when
not see any evidence of an all out preparation to address these tests
m.
possible any more than I have in the previous years in the moratoriu
That is
these meetings
the planning for such tests as Willow and Jericho have gone on and
have been necessary to
to be true in 1961.
address the latest calculations etc. and the same seems
Perhaps there is a little more activity this year but it is
preparing experiments
more in terms of discussion than any active pursuing of
and scenarios to address the data needed.