PROGRAM
Test of future Service Equipment and Materials:
This program has been broken into 2 projects.
The first
project is accurate location of an Electro Magnetic Pulse
Source with stations 300 to 5,000 miles distant.
The second
is the measurement of the Effects of Atomic Detonations on the
Tonosphere.
The objective of the first part of this program
is to determine ground zero of a release anywhere on the earth
by electromagnetic signals originating from a nuclear detonation.
As a further requirement,
an attempt to obtain yield data by
analysis of the pulse will be made.
Stations will be located
in the Pacific and at various locations in the U.S.
The second part of this program
(originally program VII
which you can see has been scrubbed), is to investigate the
physical properties of the ionosphere and what reorientation
if any of the earth's magnetic field is occasioned by a MT
blast.
PROGRAM VIII
Thermal Radiation and Effects
The purpose here, is to make basic measurements of
radiant power as a function of time, and the related effects
on various structures materials, aircraft, and machinery.
In
general these measurements are made by instrumenting panels of
differing materials at known distances from ground zero for
later analysis,
PROGRAM IX
General Support:
This program includes technical photography from aircraft
of the growth and dispersal of the atomic cloud on all MT shots:
documentary photography as required by the AEC and DOD; Special