Damage Probabilities for Small-CEP, Low-Yield Airburst/Groundburst Attacks Against Selected PVN and QVN Point Targets

Abstract

The report presents computed tables showing the single-shot probability of damage to a target as a function of yield and CEP, for a weapon bursting either at ground level or at an altitude that approximately maximizes the probability of blast damage. The tables cover 28 P-type and 12 Q-type targets of current military interest. Additional spot calculations involving yields, CEPs, and vulnerability numbers not listed in this report can be made using Rand's circular slide rule calculator R-1380-PR.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA015837

Entities

People

  • D. C. Kephart
  • M. J. Parise

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Airburst
  • Calculators
  • Classification
  • Damage
  • Damage Assessment
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Errors
  • Ground Level
  • Height Of Burst
  • Language
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Numbers
  • Probability
  • United States
  • Vulnerability
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense