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‘TABULATION OF DATA ON WEAPONS AND DEVICES
A tabulation of data on weapons and devices tested is provided in Ap-
pendix H.
The figures given in this appendix are values for dimensions and weights
of experimental devices as fabricated for assembly and ease of handling.
They do
not represent the dimensions and weights of engineered weapons developed from
such devices.
7. MILITARY EFFECTS PROGRAMS
a.
The effects programs for REDWING were the most extensive yet undertaken
for an overseas operation.
grams.
Forty seven projects were conducted under eight pro-
Some 900 project personnel and about 50 AFSWP personnel were directly
involved in field operations.
Most of the experiments were conducted in the PPG,
but one extensive and several minor projects collected data from widely scattered
stations in the Pacific and Continental U. S.
b.
While the objectives of the programs were numerous, the three major
objectives were:
(1)
To define the special weapons delivery capabilities of late model
Air Force and Wavy aircraft.
(2)
To document the radioactive fallout from high yield devices, to in-
Cluie the initial and final distribution of activity, the time history of accumulation locally and at sea, and the physical and chemical nature of the radioactive
material,
(3)
To document the basic blast, thermal, and nuclear radiation effects
from a high yield air burst.
ce.
COPIED/DOE
Prelimimary indications are that adequate data were Shtained to verify
or correct the predicted delivery capabilities of the effects aircraft for weapons of the yield ranges tested in REDWING.
Thermal and blast limits were de-
termined for critical components and it may be that redesign of some components
will result in better delivery capabilities.
As an important result of the tests,
considerable improvement is expected in theoretical methods for predicting
dynamic responses of aircraft to detomtions from nuclear weapons.
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