A Preliminary Investigation of the Nuclear Vulnerability of Tactical Air Crews.

Abstract

Four rhesus monkeys were trained to perform tasks representative of VFR flight. After several hundred hours of training to insure proficiency, they were subjected to 1440 rads of radiation delivered over a ten-hour period simulating several tactical nuclear sorties. They then continued to reaccomplish the same 10 hour workload on alternating days for seven days post-exposure. The results suggest that the supralethal radiation dose can be a significant performance degrader in the short term (up to 1-2 hours post exposure). But, there is recovery and significant performance capability exists for at least seven days post exposure. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA101650

Entities

People

  • Rayford P. Patrick

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Confidence Limits
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Flight Crews
  • Information Science
  • Missions
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects
  • Rhesus Monkeys
  • Survivability
  • Training
  • Vulnerability
  • Workload

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.