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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
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The DOD-sponsored experiments for KOON included 27 projects
of TG 7.1.
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TU 13 projects were:
Program 1, Blast and Shock; Projects l.la, l.lb, l.lce
l.ld, 1.2a, 1.2b, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6

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