The Effect of a Nuclear Explosion on Antitank and Antipersonnel Mines,
Abstract
According to foreign press reports, the capitalist countries which currently have nuclear weapons, particularly the U.S., are conducting a variety of tests in connection with studies of the destructive effect of nuclear exposions on different types of fortifications, military hardware and animals. An article appearing in the Swiss journal Technische Mitteilungen Fuer Sappeure, Pontoniere und Mineure (May 1958) contains data from test on mines which permit qualitative analysis of the bahavior of a variety of antitank and antipersonnel mines under the effect of a nuclear explosion. This requires, first of all, knowledge of the magnitude of the pressure of the air shock wave, the intensity of the luminous radiation and, in part, data on the design of the mines. Of some importance in this connection are factors such as the nature of the surface and the physical characteristics of the soil, the method employed in laying the mines and so on, but these factors are not the most critical ones and so have only a negligible effect on the overall picture of the behavior of mines under the effect of a nuclear explosion. (Russian Translations).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 07, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA176241
Entities
People
- Ye. Katurkin
Organizations
- National Air and Space Intelligence Center