MTADS Unexploded Ordnance Operations at the Badlands Bombing Range Air Force Retained Area, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD
Abstract
Approximately 2,500 acreso f the BadlandsB ombing Ran-eeo n the Oglala Sioux Reservationh asn ot beenr eturned to Tribal control. This area, referred to as the Impact Area (IA) or the Air Force Retained Area, was used as a grounda rtilleryt rainingr angef or about l5 yearsd urin-eth e 1960s.T hereh aveb eens everaUl XO clearances, includinga comprehensivMe ag andF lagc learanceo f thee rrtireI A in 1997c onductedb y actived uty EOD detachmentsT. he 1997M ag andF l4gc learanced iscovereda ndr entovedo ne 105-mma ndt hree 155-nrrn projectiles.D uring the fall of 1999t heM TADSw asd eplol,edto the IA. 130a cresn eart he centero f the IA were surveyedu singt he magnetometearr raya ndt he EM arrayr vasu sedt o resurveya pproximately2 5 acresn eart he centero f the magnetometesru rvey.S urveyd atar veres eparatelayn irlyzedr, rsindgi fferentt echniquesto evaluate discriminationa lgorithms. All targetsc onsideredto be potentiapl rojectilesw ered ug,i ncluding3 62 targetsf rotn the magnetometrys uryeya nd 109t argetsf rom the EM survey. Fifteen HE-filled and fuzed dud projectilesw ere recovereda ndd estroyedin -place,in cludingt en 155-mma ndf ive 8-in projectiles.T he performanceo f theM TADS systemu singd ifferingd ataa nalysisa pproacheiss evaluated'ancdo ntrastedw ith the Mag andF lagc learance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 02, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA603518
Entities
People
- Herbert H. Nelson
- Jim R. McDonald
- R. A. Jeffries
- R. Robertson
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory