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Figure 77.
CASTLE, KOON predicted fallout pattern; contours enclose
the 100-, 50-, and 10-R infinite dose forecasts (source:
Reference 16).
The aircraft positioning ship (the USS Curtiss) was initially on a bearing
of 120°, 25 nmi
15 nmi
(46 km)
from ground zero, then moved south approximately
(28 km) after H+10 minutes
navigation system requirements).
(i.e., after completion of the Raydist
All other ships except the destroyers
moved south with the Curtiss postshot.
USS Nicholas) was at 240° true at 90 nmi
The aircraft controller DDE (the
(167 km)
from ground zero.
DOD Activities
The DOD-sponsored experiments for KOON included 27 projects in TU 13
of TG 7.1.
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TU 13 projects were:
Program 1, Blast and Shock; Projects l.la,
l.ld, 1.2a, 1.2b, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
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1.1b, l.lc,