2.2.9
Program 19, Nuclear Vulnerability
a.
Objective
To determine the damaging effecta of neutron heating incurred when a
nuclear weapon is exposed to the flux from a nuclear explosion.
b.
Technique
BRB2:01:
1000 ft and 1300 ft fro
3/4 in. thick steel shells.
for thermal damage.
th real and dummy pits were placed at about
etonation and protected from blast by
After detonation they were recovered and checked
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