THE CIVIL DEFENSE COUNTERPART TO A 1973 NUCLEAR WAR SCENARIO

Abstract

The object of this paper was to study the implementation of a particular civil defense program in an escalating crisis situation. The data selected for the test situation was mid-summer of 1973. We postulated that a full fallout shelter program had been initiated 7 years earlier, in 1966. This program was to provide a space for every citizen in his neighborhood and was to be completed in 8 years. Simultaneously, planning was undertaken for additional measures which could be implemented quickly in an emergency -- evacuation, the transport of food and other supplies into projected reception areas, the construction of expedient and improvised shelter. Approximately a billion dollars was expended on the total CD program each year after fiscal '66.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 07, 1965
Accession Number
AD0457987

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People

  • Sara Dustin

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blood Transfusions
  • California
  • Civil Defense
  • Civil War
  • Construction
  • Death
  • Detonations
  • Emergencies
  • Fallout Shelters
  • Medical Personnel
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Public Health
  • Radiation
  • Shelters
  • United States
  • War

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space