Exercise Desert Rock, information and guide
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5073863
Objectives of the Exercise: To provide indoctrination training in the tactical employment of atomic weapons and in essential physical protection measures, and to test special equipment; To indoctrinate designated military personnel; To determine the psychological reactions of troops watching an explosion and passing through the area of explosion as soon after the burst as possible; To determine insofar as possible the effect of the explosion on many types of ground forces equipment at varying distances from the ground zero and through the use of animals, the probable effect on personnel; and To determine the effectiveness of various tactical formations, offensive and defensive, and of emplacements.
- Research Organization:
- Exercise Desert Rock, Las Vegas, NV (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5073863
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-77503
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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