Vehicle Contact With Radioactive Dust Clouds in a Nuclear Strike Region

Abstract

In the event of a nuclear attack, it is possible that the United States would be interested in sending vehicles into, or near, the region affected by the nuclear strike. The radioactive dust clouds produced by the explosions could have a detrimental effect on any vehicle passing through them. Cost benefit analysis should be conducted to determine the value added by hardening vehicles against dust and nuclear radiation. This paper examines the likelihood of an air vehicle contacting a radioactive dust cloud as it passes in, or near, a region where nuclear explosions have occurred. An equation is derived to calculate the probability of entering a cloud in order to inform decisions regarding the risk to vehicles as they pass near nuclear clouds

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA552220

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Thompson

Organizations

  • Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detonations
  • Environment
  • Governments
  • Hardening
  • Nuclear Clouds
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Procurement
  • Radiation
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Systems Analysis and Design