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Conelustons‘concerning
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a The firing of shots Listed, in perseranh3 above :attao
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reentaada safety to GperationJ RDT/
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Will deciedseUCRLfieldtins
Will not decrease‘over-all‘opera
tional plan.
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Will require that noinstallations be“constructed on “SAONGI “
except channel and sea drome. There wassome discussion of the*
need for an emergency air strip 4,500 to 5000 feet in length, ~
but the general conclusion was that the limited operational :
and emergency assisiance provided by the sho¥tstrip probably <:
would not be worth the effort involved An.At.gonstruction and
e.
maintenance.
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Weather stations‘planned for a
2Bilini-Rniwetok‘Operation will not.
suffice for concurrent use of TAONGI, One orbw Sdditional .
stations will be required, es
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(a) Dr. Graves ‘wants to be |auree that in using TAONGI we retain ‘the °~
same degree of safety in.operation.as,Ne have maintained in past
operations. The larger
dB idevices to be fired at -
TAONGI will require that the firingparty. etand off.Tat: such a |
distance as to necessitate the use of.mediumQP.dow frequencyeu
radio links for firing
ratherthan2the
VHF,Link‘normallyused.333
The distance for the/
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jshot,:forplanning purs2/ix
poses {is about 40 miles.~��TEStise”
OW.or“podium frequency”ee
‘. - - and the distance involved,might.make.pach asystemmore.
an
ceptable.tointerferengeand ‘Rociden
we can take theshotbarge’
stonation.4 Sanneee
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high tide through an 80 oree
‘foot‘haanel‘inthe.‘reef,Seeingaks
an LCU and 2 H-Boats.'Sea
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‘have tobeh to”
affeet.
se.
deep at high tide,end wot
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