System-Level Flight Tests

Abstract

System-level flight tests are an important part of the overall effort by the United States to maintain confidence in the reliability, safety, and performance of its nuclear deterrent forces. This study of activities by the Department of Energy in support of operational tests by the Department of Defense was originally suggested by Dr. Rick Wayne, Director, National Security Programs, Sandia National Laboratory/Livermore, and undertaken at the request of the Department of Energy, Defense Programs Division. It follows two 1997 studies by JASON that focused on the Department of Energy's Enhanced Surveillance Program for the physics package -- i.e. the nuclear warhead.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA372396

Entities

People

  • D. Eardley
  • F. Dyson
  • J. Cornwall
  • R. Jeanloz
  • S. Drell

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of Defense
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Flight
  • Flight Testing
  • Ground Based
  • Instrumentation
  • Level Flight
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Warheads
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.