Exercise Desert Rock VII and VIII, Operation Order Number 4. Army, Camp Desert Rock, Nevada.
Abstract
The Atomic Energy Commission detonates an atomic device WILSON) at H-hour on D-day which will be observed by approximately 200 observers. After the shot personnel will monitor in the ground-zero area, Engineer and Ordnance field tests will be performed, and Signal and Artillery radar sets will be operated. Hq, Exercise Desert Rock VII, supervises and coordinates Desert Rock Army and Air Force participation in shot WILSON in area B-9a in the NEVADA TEST SITE commencing at H-hour on D-day to: (a) indoctrinate selected observers in effects of atomic weapons (Project personnel and selected personnel from CAMP DESERT ROCK); (b) track the movement of radioactive clouds, determine the height of the clouds, and investigate the feasibility of special and standardized Army radar equipment for such use (Project 50.3); (c) determine the attenuation of heavy shielded Engineer equipment in a large uniformly contaminated field and evaluate the ability of operators to decontaminate land areas with shielded equipment (Project 50.5); (d) observe operability of various types of Ordnance equipment under blast, thermal, and radioactivity effects of nuclear explosions (Project 50.7); (e) determine the organization, equipment, and weather data required by US Army units to predict and monitor radiological fallout (Project 50.8); and (f) conduct monitoring exercises to train passive-defense personnel in radiological defense techniques (Project 53.4).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 29, 1957
- Accession Number
- ADA080259