The change with time of the direction of interest is illus the vectors shown in Figure 53, which shows the patterns flown by VP-29 P2V aircraft based at the Kwajalein Naval Air Station in searc transient shipping on D-2 and D-l, and the special added flight itself. PREPARATIONS The general plan for Bikini operations (including BRAVO) wa to with- draw work and scientific parties to the fleet units in the lago ships could clear the lagoon and assume their night steaming st southeast of the atoll before dark on the evening before the pr a t In preparing for BRAVO, the firing party, a small group fro weapon design laboratories, proceeded to the location of the em vice and started the arming process. This consisted of mechani ing the device to create a circuit capable of carrying the firi to the device. This circuit was still not complete, however, ag gap existed in the firing bunker at Station 70 on Eneu. a similar After rk at the device was completed, the firing party and the military police tailed to guard the device withdrew to Eneu. before The fleet cleared the lagoon the arming process was completed, thus ensuring that task force rsonnel (except for the firing party) were never in the atoll while the Hevice could be detonated. The firing party was left on Eneu in the firing bunker and the small boat or helicopter crew and military police that had provided trfnsportation and protection rejoined the fleet. Final links in the firilhg circuit were then closed, and the device was ready for detonation. DOD ACTIVITIES The DOD-sponsored experiments for BRAVO included 29 projectsfin TU 13 of TG 7.1. @ TU 13 projects were: Program 1, Blast and Shock; Projects l.la-l.ld, l.2a-b, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6 203