BEACON 2. DESCRIPTION AND PROGRAMS

Abstract

BEACON denotes a set of programs organized to form a computing tool to study defense of the continental United States against strategic nuclear attack. The purpose is to obtain a feel for the possibilities of newer technological concepts useable in continental defense. Thus, BEACON has been designed toward embracing any set of potentially interesting interacting systems of the near future. The method of procedure has been to concentrate on fundamental logical or physical processes of attack and defense on a global scale and to keep the structure modular, replaceable, and open-ended.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0815897

Entities

People

  • Norman H. Painter

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Defense
  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Area Defense
  • Battles
  • Blast
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Damage
  • Damage Assessment
  • Defense Systems
  • Detectors
  • Dwell Time
  • Impact Point
  • Lab-On-A-Chip
  • Latitude
  • Probability
  • United States

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design