ae PROGRAM 6 ~ TESTS OF SERVICE EQUIPMENT AND OPERATIONS 6.1 Evaluation of IBDA Teohniques = WADC Kwejalein-mounted, requires no shore construction at Bikini. 6.2 Effects of Blast, Gust, and Thermal on Aircraft in Flight - WADC Will be mounted at Kwajalein. Only one aircraft will be employed, a B-36, instead of two as originally proposed. 6.5 Electromagnetic Effects - ESL No shore construction requirements. Will require a very high- frequency radio band; it is not yet known whether this must be a clear channel. TG 7.1 would like to have their frequency requirements as soon as possible. 6.4 Prooftesting of AW Countermeasures = BuShips The Task Force and project people had a meeting on this in Washington on Monday. As far as shore construction requirements are con- cerned, there will be none, but moors will be necessary to hold the ships while they are being decontaminated, and it appears two tugs will be needed to tow the ships. eight hours. (The ships can be radio-controlled for about They will start droning at E = 2 and will run through the cloud, etc., but then have to be towed back.) No final decision was made on details at this meeting, the Task Force was just acquainted with the problem. people wanted to run the ships back to Eniwetok. Originally, the 6.4 There was a feeling at the meeting that this would not be necessary, that they could be moored in the Bikini lagoon. This raised the question, however, of perhaps having to move them out because of contamination of the Bikini lagoon. The ships are at Mare Island now, and the Task Force and Preject people will take care oftheir being put into commission. If this can be treated as a test operation, the total number of people will be around 126. There has apparently been no ground gained in getting a control ship for this project. They want radio control for both steering and main engines (so as to control both speed and direction). They have a P2V for the control airplane and also want to plot the position of these ships from the Task Force command ship and give orders to the control air- craft from there. This was to be pursued further this week at another meeting with the Task Force. The latter was trying to avoid having people in the control room on the ship, wished to have them all in the control plane. ——sa, o -17<