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CONTENTS Collaborators on this volume viii Acknowledgements ix Foreword: Lt. General Louis Metzger xi Preface xiv Chapter 1. Background: The War, the Weapon, the Men 1 The war in the Central Pacific. The Japanese foe. Amphibian tractors. Amphibian tanks: the LVTA-l, the LVTA-4. The men. The schools. Jacques' Farm. Camp Pendleton. Movie making. Chapter 2. The Boat Basin 22 Building a battalion. Training in the amtanks. Amtanks and the LST. Other training. Camp life & liberty. The Tarawa...
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A six page illustrated pamphlet about the history of the island of Ebeye on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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CMH Pub 5-6-1 Seizure Of The Gilberts And Marshalls by Philip A. Crowl and Edmund G. Love. First published 1955 "A study in amphibious warfare that describes how the imperfections of American amphibious doctrine, first revealed at Tarawa and Makin, were corrected in the highly successful landings on Kwajalein and Roi-Namur." GPO Bookstore Number: 008-029-00530-1 Digitized by the U.S. Army Center of Military History http://www.history.army.mil
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CMH Pub 5-6-1 Seizure Of The Gilberts And Marshalls by Philip A. Crowl and Edmund G. Love. First published 1955 "A study in amphibious warfare that describes how the imperfections of American amphibious doctrine, first revealed at Tarawa and Makin, were corrected in the highly successful landings on Kwajalein and Roi-Namur." GPO Bookstore Number: 008-029-00530-1 Digitized by the U.S. Army Center of Military History http://www.history.army.mil
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Topics: The U.S. Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific, The U.S. Army in World War II, WWII, World...
This report summarizes a theoretical study of the detectability of high altitude (10 km) thin cirrus clouds by various remote sensors over the tropical Pacific. The remote sensors considered include: (1) visual detection from the surface, (2) visual detection from an aircraft, and (3) infrared sensor (6.7 micrometers) from space. The radiative transfer technique to compute the atmospheric radiance (intensity) is summarized. The optical properties of ice crystals are presented. The results...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Burke,Hsiao-hua K, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INC CONCORD MASS, *TROPICAL...
The standard procedure for estimating the point value of liquid water content (M) along the reentry path of a ballistic missile is to use a radar derived value of radar reflectivity factor (Z), with the M to Z relation obtained from aircraft measurements of the particle spectrum. This report contains descriptions of the various techniques used to make the radar and aircraft data compatible. The results of various methods to predict the liquid water content values are compared with aircraft...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Dyer, Rosemary M, AIR FORCE GEOPHYSICS LAB HANSCOM AFB MA, *MEASUREMENT, *GUIDED...
The standard procedure for estimating the point value of liquid water content (M) along the reentry path of a ballistic missile is to use a radar derived value of radar reflectivity factor (Z), with the M to Z relation obtained from aircraft measurements of the particle spectrum. This report contains descriptions of the various techniques used to make the radar and aircraft data compatible. The results of various methods to predict the liquid water content values are compared with aircraft...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Dyer, Rosemary M, AIR FORCE GEOPHYSICS LAB HANSCOM AFB MA, *MEASUREMENT, *GUIDED...
This report is the Draft Environmental Impact Statement(DEIS) for the proposed actions at the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA). The proposed action would include continuation of current activities at USAKA and planned non- Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) activities as well as proposed SDI activities. The U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command will conduct two public hearings as part of the environmental impact analysis process. The close of the public comment period on the DEIS is August 7,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY STRATEGIC DEFENSE COMMAND HUNTSVILLE AL, *ARMY FACILITIES, *GUIDED MISSILE...
Modern surveys of ectoparasites and potential vector-borne pathogens in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Wake Island are poorly documented. We report on field surveys of ectoparasites from 2010 with collections from dogs, cats, and rats. Five ectoparasites were identified: the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis, a sucking louse Hoplopleura pacifica, the mites Laelaps nuttalli and Radfordia ensifera, and the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Ectoparasites were screened for rickettsial...
Topics: DTIC Archive, AIR FORCE SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE MEDICINE WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB OH PREVENTIVE MEDICINE...
This EA documents the potential environmental impacts of conducting a single demonstration flight test of the Conventional Strike Missile (CSM). The CSM Demonstration flight test vehicle would be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, using an existing rocket booster system. Following booster separation, the Payload Delivery Vehicle would glide at hypersonic velocities in the upper atmosphere, prior to a land or ocean impact at the US Army Kwajalein Atoll/Reagan Test Site in the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, TELEDYNE SOLUTIONS INC HUNTSVILLE AL, *ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, *GUIDED MISSILES,...
The Strategic Defense Initiative Organization and its proponents plan to conduct Demonstration/Validation tests of the SBI technology. These tests will demonstrate the ability of the technology to perform the required tasks, and validate a future decision on whether to proceed with Full-Scale Development. Demonstration/Validation tests would be conducted at Eglin Air Force Base, Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll, National Test Facility, and contractor facilities. Tests would...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Brown, Gale, STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC SYSTEMS...
In assessing the reactions of states in Oceania to U.S. security policy, focus is most often placed on the South Pacific. Even there, the island states are generally ignored as Australia and New Zealand dominate the discussions. This overlooks the contribution of the island states, especially the Freely Associated States (FAS, also referred to as the Compact States) of the North Pacific. The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES HONOLULU HI, *GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN),...
On January 28, 1991 the U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command's (USASDC) Ground Based Interceptor (GBI) Project Office began a series of exoatmospheric intercepts of target re-entry vehicles with ground launched missiles. Space provides a unique environment to gather a large volume of pre- and post-impact data. This data supports not only the GBI Project but also is useful to many other USASDC and Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) Projects and Directorates. The test was conducted...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Katechis, J., AMERICAN CYANAMID CO WATERTOWN MA, *REENTRY VEHICLES, *GUIDED MISSILES,...
The results of research on equatorial spread-F (ESF) phenomena obtained by using two backscatter radars, ALTAIR and TRADEX, are summarized. The radar measurements were made in support of three rocket campaigns conducted from the Kwajalein Atoll during the summers of 1977 through 1979. Backscatter data from ESF irregularities and incoherent-scatter (IS) data from thermal plasma fluctuations were used to show that the structuring of the equatorial F-region plasma is initiated by large-scale (tens...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Tsunoda,Roland T, SRI INTERNATIONAL MENLO PARK CA, *RADAR IMAGES, *F REGION,...
The Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL) has been tasked by the Space Division (SD) of the Air Force Systems Command to provide meteorological support and analyses in support of the Advanced Ballistic Reentry Systems (ABRES) Program. The primary objectives of the work carried out under this contract by Environmental Research and Technology, Inc. (ERT) have been to assist AFGL in: (1) the design and analyses of experiments to assess the probable error of the AGFL aircraft/radar methodology for...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hardy,Kenneth R, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INC CONCORD MA,...
The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command is continuously exploring ways to better meet its ever-growing mission demands. In the last Army Space Journal, I discussed how SMDC delivers Space, and near Space, capability to the Army and the joint warfighter. This article explores current initiatives that will improve support to missile tracking and testing and Space launch efforts at the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS)/U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA); support to the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND/ARMY FORCES STRATEGIC COMMAND HUNTSVILLE AL,...
Modern military communication, navigation, and surveillance systems depend on reliable, noise-free transionospheric radio-frequency channels. They can be severely impacted by small-scale electron-density irregularities in the ionosphere, which cause both phase and amplitude scintillation. Basic tools used in planning and mitigation schemes are climatological in nature and thus may greatly over- and under-estimate the effects of scintillation in a given scenario. This report summarizes the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Secan, James A, NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC BELLEVUE WA, *IONOSPHERIC...
Analyzing surface and upper air meteorological observations in the form of a time cross section is a concise form of simulating atmospheric conditions over a particular location. Using these observations and DMSP satellite data, procedures for estimating the liquid water content within regions of cloud and precipitation have been derived. The procedures for deriving the liquid water content profiles have evolved over a five-year period, and it is the purpose of this report to describe the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Bussey,Allan J, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INC CONCORD MASS, *CLOUDS,...
The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command sent the U.S. Army Research Laboratory Weapons and Materials Research Directorate a UH-1 tailboom former (P/N 201030-807-97) from the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll Facility (USAKA) in the Marshall Islands for investigation. The component was being investigated due to the presence of cracks observed near bolt hole locations on the part. This component was quality deficient report exhibit number M24H90327. The material utilized to manufacture the former was...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Grendahl, Scott, ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD WEAPONS AND MATERIALS...
Key oversight committees in the 109th Congress have held joint hearings on the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Changed Circumstances Petition, which requests $522 million in additional compensation for loss-of-use of Enewetak and Bikini atolls due to U.S. nuclear testing. The $522 million appears to be significantly overstated because the methodology - sample rent data, assumptions, and statistical procedures (i.e., the sampling technique and the use of the exponential regression model)...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Lazzari, Salvatore, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE,...
This document outlines the radiological safety procedures developed for and followed during the Operation SANDSTONE Nuclear Explosions.
Topics: DTIC Archive, JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN WASHINGTON DC, *NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TESTING, TASK FORCES,...
The results of research on equatorial spread-F (ESF) phenomena obtained by using two backscatter radars, ALTAIR and TRADEX, are summarized. The radar measurements were made in support of three rocket campaigns conducted from the Kwajalein Atoll during the summers of 1977 through 1979. Backscatter data from ESF irregularities and incoherent-scatter (IS) data from thermal plasma fluctuations were used to show that the structuring of the equatorial F-region plasma is initiated by large-scale (tens...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Tsunoda,Roland T, SRI INTERNATIONAL MENLO PARK CA, *RADAR IMAGES, *F REGION,...
Crossroads was the first peacetime nuclear weapons test series. It was conducted at Bikini Atoll in 1946. Report emphasis is on the radiological safety of the personnel. Available records on personnel exposure are summarized.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Berkhouse, L., KAMAN TEMPO SANTA BARBARA CA, *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS, *BIKINI ATOLL,...
This EA documents the potential environmental impacts of conducting two Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) flight tests to support development and demonstration of hypersonic technologies. Both HTV-2 missions would be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, using existing rocket booster systems. Following booster separation, the HTV-2 would glide at hypersonic velocities in the upper atmosphere, prior to an ocean impact near US Army Kwajalein Atoll/Ronald Reagan Ballistic...
Topics: DTIC Archive, TELEDYNE SOLUTIONS INC HUNTSVILLE AL, *ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, *FLIGHT TESTING,...
Topics to Cover: Corrosive island environment, isolation, age. About Kwajalein, Electric Vehicles/Solar Panels, Power Reduction/Energy Conservation, and Waste Oil Solution.
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND REDSTONE ARSENAL AL, *ELECTRIC PROPULSION,...
The series will document in detail the programs used in preparing the PRESS Operation and Data Summary (POD) Reports. Each POD is a presentation of data from a ballistic missile flight into the vicinity of the Kiernan Reentry Measurements Site (KREMS), situated on the island of Roi-Namur in the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands. The data collected at KREMS is processed and a selected subset of the data -- perhaps one-tenth to one percent of the whole -- is transcribed to computer...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Berndtson, Charles R, MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH LEXINGTON LINCOLN LAB, *COMPUTER...
The Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) and its proponents (the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force) plan to conduct Demonstration/Validation tests of the ERIS technology. These tests will demonstrate the ability of the technology to perform the required tasks, and validate a future decision whether to proceed with Full-Scale Developer. Demonstration/Validation tests would be conducted at the Arnold Engineering Development Center, National Test Facility, Nevada Test Site, Harry...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Brown,G, STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING,...
Re-entry weather encountered by Minuteman tests PVM-4 and PVM-3 is described in this report. Documentation was accomplished by WC-135B and WB-57F aircraft, by radar, and by lidar. Weather was essentially clear for each mission except for high thin cirrus layer clouds (water content less than 0.003 gm/cum) encountered by PVM-4. Low level clouds were present on each day. Data from all sources are presented, and operational problems of the weather documentation plan are discussed.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Metcalf, James I., Barnes, Jr., Arnold A., Kraus, Michael J., AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE...
Modern military communication, navigation, and surveillance systems depend on reliable, noise-free transionospheric radio-frequency channels. They can be severely impacted by small-scale electron-density irregularities in the ionosphere, which cause both phase and amplitude scintillation. Basic tools used in planning and mitigation schemes are climatological in nature and thus may greatly over- and under-estimate the effects of scintillation in a given scenario. This report describes the second...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Secan, James A, NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC BELLEVUE WA, *IONOSPHERIC...
A radar experiment was conducted at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands to investigate the spatial relationship of 1-m equatorial spread-F irregularities to total electron content (TEC) depletion. A high-power radar was operated (1) in a backscatter scan mode to spatially map the distribution of 1-m irregularities, and (2) in a dual-frequency, satellite-track mode to obtain the longitudinal TEC variations. Using the radar data, we show that radar backscatter 'plumes' found in the disturbed,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Tsunoda,Roland T, SRI INTERNATIONAL MENLO PARK CA, *RADAR, *F REGION, *IONOSPHERIC...
Measurements of atmospheric temperature, density, and wind have been used to derive consistent hydrostatic models representative of the atmospheric properties at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. A mean annual model and 12 monthly models of thermodynamic properties have been constructed between altitudes of 0 and 120 km, using data available up to 1979. Below an altitude of 60 km, the models are based on a data base that is large enough for the monthly variations to be statistically...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Cole,Allen E, AIR FORCE GEOPHYSICS LAB HANSCOM AFB MA, *ATMOSPHERE MODELS,...
This report describes the existing measurement capability at the United States Army Kwajalein Atoll. This is compared with reported current and projected user needs and shortfalls determined. This is part of a series of reports aimed at developing a long range plan for the sensors at Kwajalein. Keywords: Instrumentation shortfalls; Radar equipment; Optical equipment; Guided missile ranges; Army equipment; Sensors; Ballistic test measurements.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Sampson, R E, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INST OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR, *GUIDED MISSILE...
Power-spectral analysis of 8 mo of upper winds for Kwajalein shows significant peaks for 850 and 200 mb in the frequency band between 2.5 and 4 days. This is interpreted as the result of migrating perturbations with a wavelength of from 1000 to 2000 km moving with the trade wind. At 300 mb, the most pronounced peak is centered at 17 days; it is presumably a result either of slow-moving perturbations of a larger scale than those embedded in the trades or of meridional oscillations in the zonal...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Newburg, Edward A, TRAVELERS RESEARCH CENTER INC HARTFORD CT, *WIND, *POWER SPECTRA,...
Ten zinc inorganic silicate coatings were exposed for 5 years at the three atmospheric environmental test sites of the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory. These test sites are Kwajalein, Marshall Islands; Kaneohe, Hawaii (both tropical environments); and Port Hueneme, California. The zinc inorganic silicate coatings were exposed with and without topcoats. It was found, that in general, postcuring and superior self-curing zinc inorganic silicate coatings without topcoats will give long-term...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Brouillette, Carl V, NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND ALEXANDRIA VA, *PAINTS,...
Film badge doses are reconstructed for sixteen ships and the residence islands of Enewetak and Kwajalein Atolls resulting from the six nuclear detonations comprising Operation CASTLE (March-May 1954). Fallout from Shots BRAVO and ROMEO was the major source of contamination on most of the ships and islands. Varying amounts of fallout from Shots UNION, YANKEE, and NECTAR contributed somewhat to the total doses of the shipboard and island-based personnel; no fallout was experienced as a result of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Thomas,C, SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP MCLEAN VA, *NUCLEAR EXPLOSION...
The document represents the Final Report on GLOW System II and includes the installation and integration of the System at Kwajalein Test Site, Kwajalein, Marshall Trust Territory. Salient characteristics of prime equipment are described in detail; a complete bibliography, encompasses all major reports and study phases of the GLOW effort; and a list of abbreviations that occur throughout the report is included. Illustrations are used freely to support the text and bring the GLOW System into...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Napola, F J, PERKIN-ELMER CORP DANBURY CT OPTICAL GROUP, *ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE...
An important objective of the Defense Nuclear Agency is to understand the physical processes that control the dissipation of turbulent structure in plasmas. Such turbulent structures occur as a consequence of high-altitude nuclear events as well as in the natural, disturbed equatorial ionosphere. Analysis and understanding of those processes in the nighttime equatorial F-region ionosphere that are analogous to those found in the nuclear environment can lead to an intelligent extrapolation of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Tsunoda,Roland T, SRI INTERNATIONAL MENLO PARK CA, *ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING,...
Atmospheric parameters are essential to the research and development of missiles and aerospace vehicles. The need for realistic atmospheric models derived in a consistent manner for each of the several major test ranges was recognized in the early 1960's. An atmospheric model which is derived from statistical data for a particular geographical location is referred to as a reference atmosphere. This committee, Task MG-1, establishes RRAs Range Reference Atmospheres for the several ranges as...
Topics: DTIC Archive, RANGE COMMANDERS COUNCIL WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NM METEOROLOGY GROUP,...
The Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) and its proponents plan to conduct Demonstration/Validation tests of the ERIS technology. These tests will demonstrate the ability of the technology to perform the required tasks, and validate a future decision whether to proceed with Full-Scale Development. Demonstration/Validation tests would be conducted at the Arnold Engineering Development Center, National Test Facility, Nevada Test Site, Harry Diamond Laboratories, Vandenberg Air Force...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Brown, Gale, STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC, *ENVIRONMENTAL...
This publication Amphibious Operations continues the series promulgating timely information drawn largely from action reports of recent amphibious operations. Material contained herein has not been subjected to exhaustive study and analysis, but is issued in this form to make comments, recommendations, and expressions of opinion concerning war experiences readily available to officers engaged or interested in amphibious operations. It should be widely circulated among commissioned personnel.
Topics: DTIC Archive, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (NAVY) US FLEET WASHINGTON DC, *AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS, *PACIFIC...
The results of research on equatorial spread-F (ESF) phenomena obtained by using two backscatter radars, ALTAIR and TRADEX, are summarized. The radar measurements were made in support of three rocket campaigns conducted from the Kwajalein Atoll during the summers of 1977 through 1979. Backscatter data from ESF irregularities and incoherent-scatter (IS) data from thermal plasma fluctuations were used to show that the structuring of the equatorial F-region plasma is initiated by large-scale (tens...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Tsunoda,Roland T, SRI INTERNATIONAL MENLO PARK CA, *RADAR IMAGES, *F REGION,...
A 5-year study was conducted in cooperation with the Steel structure Painting Council (SSPC) to determine surface profile and cleanliness requirements for long-term performance of generic coating systems currently used on Navy shore facilities. The experimental design included two levels of cleaning (white metal finish and commercial finish), four levels of profile height (low, medium, high, and very high), eight levels of abrasive (eight different abrasives), and six levels of generic coating...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Drisko, Richard W., NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CA, *COATINGS, *PAINTS,...
The equatorial ionosphere experiences one of the most severe forms of a geophysical plasma instability - a phenomenon known as spread F. An observational campaign was organized to bring a complement of diagnostic instruments to two sites in the western Pacific sector (Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands and Wake Island) for a period of coordinated optical and radio measurements o spread F phenomena in August 1988. All-sky optical imaging observations were conducted from 2-16 August in...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Mendillo, Michael, BOSTON UNIV MA CENTER FOR SPACE PHYSICS, *IONOSPHERE, *EQUATORIAL...
The proposed action is to modify previously planned Lightweight Exoatmospheric Projectile (LEAP) Test Program activities (LEAP EA, July 1991, Ref 32) at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico; Kwajalein Missile Range (KMR), U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA); and Wake Island. The proposed action includes modifications of flight trajectories for LEAP flights 3, 5, and 6. Two additional flights, LEAP-X and LEAP-7 have been added to the program. LEAP-X is a single rocket test flight from KMR...
Topics: DTIC Archive, STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC, *STRATEGIC DEFENSE...
The results of research on equatorial spread-F (ESF) phenomena obtained by using two backscatter radars, ALTAIR and TRADEX, are summarized. The radar measurements were made in support of three rocket campaigns conducted from the Kwajalein Atoll during the summers of 1977 through 1979. Backscatter data from ESF irregularities and incoherent-scatter (IS) data from thermal plasma fluctuations were used to show that the structuring of the equatorial F-region plasma is initiated by large-scale (tens...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Tsunoda,Roland T, SRI INTERNATIONAL MENLO PARK CA, *RADAR IMAGES, *F REGION,...
HAPREX is an ABMDA-sponsored project dealing with studies of the effects of high altitude striated ionization on radar performance. This project employs barium clouds, released at high altitudes, which are ionized by solar radiation and striated by gradient drift forces produced by winds and (E vector) x (B vector) forces. The use of barium was originally sponsored by ARPA under Project SECEDE. ABMDA continued this sponsorship to assist in the development of assessment and mitigation techniques...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hendrick, Jr , R, MISSION RESEARCH CORP SANTA BARBARA CA, *IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES,...
Engineering flight tests of the Range Meteorological Sounding System (RMSS) radiosonde were conducted at Kwajalein Missile Range (KMR) during January and April 1978. The purpose of the program was to correct known deficiencies in the sonde and to test sensors and air ducts for accuracy and responsiveness. Fourteen modified and standard RMSS sonde releases were made. Results showed that the RMSS temperature sensor compares favorably with the National Weather Service rawinsonde. Humidity can be...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Kennedy,Bruce W, ARMY ELECTRONICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND WSMR NM...
THIS REPORT DOCUMENTS THE SCATTERING RELATIONSHIPS AND RADAR PARAMETERS WHICH ENTER INTO THE MEASUREMENT OF EFFECTIVE RADAR REFLECTIVITY, Z(e), obtained from the ALCOR (C-band) and TRADEX (S-band) radars operated at Kwajalein Atoll for hydrometeor scatter investigations. An assessment is given of the calibration procedures used for the radars including assumptions, corrections, and uncertainties associated with the parameters used in the measurements. The current best estimate radar constants...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Blood, David W., ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INC CONCORD MA,...
In 1986, the U.S. government entered into separate international agreements known collectively as the Compact of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The Compact provided for the continuation of a defense arrangement that has connected the United States and these Pacific islands since the end of World War II. The Compact obligates the United States to defend these island nations against attack, while providing the United...
Topics: DTIC Archive, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC, *DEFENSE SYSTEMS, *INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,...
This Environmental Assessment documents the potential environmental impacts of: (1) Minuteman III missile flight tests using modified Reentry System (RS) hardware/software, in addition to the continuation of Force Development Evaluation flight tests; (2) deployment of new and modified RS hardware/software; and (3) deployment activities for new command and control console equipment. The locations covered in this EA include: FE Warren Air Force Base (AFB), WY; Hill AFB, UT; Malmstrom AFB, MT;...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Huynh, Thomas, SPACE AND MISSILE SYSTEMS CENTER LOS ANGELES AFB CA, *FLIGHT TESTING,...
