COLLATERAL DAMAGE

Abstract

The paper presents the methodology and results of a limited study undertaken to determine collateral population damage from weapons aimed at strategic military bases and to roughly estimate the cost of blast shelters to protect everyone at risk. Four sets of calculations are given. The first (Appendix A, labeled 'Rough Computations') contains a detailed listing of bases and cities at risk, plus mortalities computed using census data, target to city distances, and the damage model selected. The second (Appendix B, labeled 'Detail Calculations for Ten Targets') contains the results of refined calculations for some large cities in which each census tract is treated as a population center. The third (Appendix C, labeled 'Adjusted Computations') contains the results of modifying the first set of computations according to the results of the refined computations. The fourth (Appendix D, labeled 'Blast Shelter Cost Computations') contains blast shelter cost calculations for protection against 1-MT and 8-MT attacks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 11, 1964
Accession Number
AD0602849

Entities

People

  • Robert A. Krupka

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Blast
  • California
  • Civil Defense
  • Collateral Damage
  • Colorado
  • Computations
  • Costs
  • Ground Zero
  • Kill Probabilities
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Targets
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

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  • Business Analytics
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.