Naval Explosive Safety Improvement Program (Milestone II-1) Plans and Programs

Abstract

The Naval Explosives Safety Improvement Program (NESIP), Milestone II-1, has as its objective the examination of Naval munitions in the quantities and scenarios experienced on Naval waterfronts, to determine fragment and blast hazard ranges. This paper will review the organization of the program, discuss several of its major on-going testing programs, review some of its many past accomplishments, and discuss its relationship with the Navy's Weapon System Explosive Safety Review Board. Specifically, the paper will review findings and testing concerning hazard ranges and sympathetic detonation of bombs and torpedoes in the open and torpedoes in certain classes of ships. It will discuss analytic studies of several Navy Weapon Systems including the Penguin Missile System and the Destructor MK 14 MOD 0. In addition it will present previously unpublished fragment velocity data taken from the NESIP data base.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP000436

Entities

People

  • Michael. M. Swisdak Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Ammunition
  • Bombs
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detonations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Munitions
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Ships
  • Sympathetic Detonations
  • Torpedo Warheads
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering