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PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER
WT-934 (EX)
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TITLE (ord Subtitte)
Operation CASTLE
Summary Report of the Commander, Task Unit 13 Military Effects, Programs 1-9
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Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff,
Weapons Effects Tests
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Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
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Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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K. D. Coleman, Col. USAF, et al
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Unclassified
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Approved for public release; unlimited distribution.
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SUPPL EMERTARY NOTES.
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This report has had the classified information removed and has been republished in
unclassified form for public release. This work was performed by Kaman Tempo under
contract DNAQO1-79-C-0455 with the close cooperation of the Classification
Management Division of the Defense Nuclear Agency.
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Operation CASTLE
Military Effects
Shock Parameters
Initial Neutron
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Multimegaton Air Blast
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Operation Castle consisted of six nuclear detonations at the Eniwetok Proving Ground
during the period 1 March to 14 May 1954. Two were surface or near-surface land shots:
one on a natural island and the other on a man-made island at the end of a causeway.
The other four shots were fired on barges: two anchored in reef craters from previous
shots and the other two anchored in the lagoon proper.
The Department of Defense (DOD) military-effect program consisted of 37 projects
divided among six planned programs and one program (biomedical) added in the field; in
addition, one Los Alamos Scientific
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