Operation sun beam, Shot Johnie Boy. Project Officer`s report. Project 1.9. Crater measurements (sanitized version)

Technical Report · Fri Apr 09 00:00:00 EST 1965

OSTI ID:415952

Strange, J N

The objectives of Project 1.9 were to obtain dimensions of the apparent and true craters formed by Shot Johnie Boy (a low-yield, near-surface nuclear detonation in desert alluvium) and to measure the permanent earth deformation occurring within the rupture and plastic zones.

• Research Organization: Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (United States)
• OSTI ID: 415952
• Report Number(s): PB-97-112809/XAB; DASA-POR-2284-SAN; TRN: 63311663
• Resource Relation: Other Information: DN: Approximately 5 percent of this document has been blocked out due to the Department of Defense sanitization process used with declassified materials. Portions of this document are not fully legible. See also AD-A995 361/3 and AD-A995 470/2; PBD: 9 Apr 1965
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
SUN BEAM OPERATION
COMPILED DATA
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
BLAST EFFECTS