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  1. 33 CFR 334.360 - Chesapeake Bay off Fort Monroe, Virginia; restricted area, U.S. Naval Base and Naval Surface...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ..., Virginia; restricted area, U.S. Naval Base and Naval Surface Weapon Center. 334.360 Section 334.360....S. Naval Base and Naval Surface Weapon Center. (a) The area. Beginning at latitude 37°01′03... Manager, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division Coastal Systems Station Detachment, Fort Monroe...

  2. 33 CFR 334.360 - Chesapeake Bay off Fort Monroe, Virginia; restricted area, U.S. Naval Base and Naval Surface...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ..., Virginia; restricted area, U.S. Naval Base and Naval Surface Weapon Center. 334.360 Section 334.360....S. Naval Base and Naval Surface Weapon Center. (a) The area. Beginning at latitude 37°01′03... Manager, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division Coastal Systems Station Detachment, Fort Monroe...

  3. 33 CFR 334.360 - Chesapeake Bay off Fort Monroe, Virginia; restricted area, U.S. Naval Base and Naval Surface...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Chesapeake Bay off Fort Monroe, Virginia; restricted area, U.S. Naval Base and Naval Surface Weapon Center. 334.360 Section 334.360....S. Naval Base and Naval Surface Weapon Center. (a) The area. Beginning at latitude 37°01′03...

  4. 33 CFR 334.360 - Chesapeake Bay off Fort Monroe, Virginia; restricted area, U.S. Naval Base and Naval Surface...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Chesapeake Bay off Fort Monroe, Virginia; restricted area, U.S. Naval Base and Naval Surface Weapon Center. 334.360 Section 334.360....S. Naval Base and Naval Surface Weapon Center. (a) The area. Beginning at latitude 37°01′03...

  5. 33 CFR 334.360 - Chesapeake Bay off Fort Monroe, Virginia; restricted area, U.S. Naval Base and Naval Surface...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Chesapeake Bay off Fort Monroe, Virginia; restricted area, U.S. Naval Base and Naval Surface Weapon Center. 334.360 Section 334.360....S. Naval Base and Naval Surface Weapon Center. (a) The area. Beginning at latitude 37°01′03...

  6. Nitinol Temperature Monitoring Devices

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1976-01-09

    AD-A021 578 NITINOL TEMPERATURE MONITORING DEVICES William J. Buehler, et al Naval Surface Weapons Center Silver Spring, Maryland 9 January 1976...LABORATORY S NITINOL TEMPERATURE MONITORING DEVICES 9 JANUARY 1976 NAVAL SURFACE WEAPONS CENTER WHITE OAK LABORATORY SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND 20910 * Approved...GOVT ACCESSION NO. 3. RECIPIIENT’S CATALOG NUMBER NSWC/WOL/TR 75-140 ____ ______ 4 TITLE (and Subtitle) 5. TYPE OF REPCRT & PERIOD COVERED Nitinol

  7. U.S. Marine Corps FY 82 Exploratory Development Program.

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    1982-01-25

    1. It is requested that the cover of the reference be pen changed to reflect "FY 82" vice "FY 81". DISTRIBUTION: By direction (see attached pages) i4...Falls Church, VA 22041 3 Marine Corps Liaison Officer Naval Weapons Center China Lake, CA 93555 Marine Corps Liaison Officer HQ MASSTER Ft. Hood, TX...Center, Hawaii Lab P. 0. Box 997 Kaihua, Hawaii 96734 Mr. Paul H. Amundson Code 3304 Naval Weapons Center China Lake, CA 93555 Naval Surface Weapons

  8. Physical Security Modeling for the Shipboard Nuclear Weapons Security Program,

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1982-04-01

    I AOA1IR 396 NAVAL SURFACE WEAPONS CENTER SILVER SPRING MO F/G 15/3 PHYSICAL SECURITY MODELING FOR THE SHIPROARD NUCLEAR WEAPONS SE--ETEEU) APR A2 E ...WEAPONS SECURITY )PROGRAM 0% BY E . G. JACOUES D. L BARTUSEK R. W. MONROE M. S. SCHWARTZ WEAPONS SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT 1 APRIL 1982 A4pm lvW for p uic r...ASSIPICATIO N O F Tb IS PAGE t’W "mu Dat e E DLeT R)....... t READ W~STRUCTIoNs’ REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE BEFORE COMPLETNG FORM4 . REPiQRT NUM1e[i ja. VT

  9. 77 FR 5242 - Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Invention; Available for Licensing

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    2012-02-02

    ... weapon mount). ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be filed with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Div, Code OOL, Bldg 2, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522-5001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Christopher Monsey, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Div, Code OOL, Bldg 2, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN...

  10. BB and pellet guns--toys or deadly weapons?

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    Harris, W; Luterman, A; Curreri, P W

    1983-07-01

    BB and pellet weapons are not included in gun control laws and are often sold as children's toys. Injuries caused by these weapons have been considered trivial unless they involve vulnerable surface organs such as the eye. The purpose of this study was to review the management of six cases of pellet or BB gun injuries that required abdominal exploration at the University of South Alabama Medical Center from January 1980 through June 1982. Five of the six patients had significant internal injuries including perforations of the stomach, jejunum, liver, and pancreas. The ballistics of pneumatic weapons are reviewed. The muzzle velocities of many of these weapons necessitate that wounds caused by these weapons be handled with the same principles as for any small-caliber, low-velocity (less than 1,200 feet/second) weapons. Public education programs are urgently needed to educate parents as to the potential danger involved in purchasing these weapons for unsupervised use as toys by children.

  11. Source Hierarchy List. Volume 3. O through Z

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1994-07-01

    NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER CHINA LAKE CA MARINE AVIATION DETACHMENT* 07 NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER CORONA ANNEX CA 08 NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB CORONA CA 08 NAVAL...WEAPONS CENTER CORONA LABS CA 05 NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE CA 05 PACIFIC MISSILE TEST CENTER POINT MUGU CA 06 AIR DEVELOPMENT SQUADRON FOUR...INDIAN HEAD MD 03 NAVAL ORDNANCE CENTER INDIAN HEAD MO 04 NAVAL WARFARE ASSESSMENT CENTER CORONA CA 05 FLEET ANALYSIS CENTER CORONA CA 03

  12. Navy Libraries’ Information Storage and Retrieval System. Proceedings of the CONSATL Workshop and Meeting (38th), 23-25 April 1980,

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    1981-04-01

    1606 David Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center (202)227- 1307 Mary Jane Brewster Naval Research Laboratory Donald R. Erickson AV 297-3425 Naval Sea Systems...Marshal Hughes Nannette M. Pope Naval Surface Weapons Center Armed Forces Radiobiology Research AV 249-8994 Institute (703)663-8994 (301)295- 0428

  13. 7 CFR 501.12 - Weapons and explosives.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 6 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Weapons and explosives. 501.12 Section 501.12... OF AGRICULTURE CONDUCT ON U.S. MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER, CLAY CENTER, NEBRASKA § 501.12 Weapons... arrows, darts, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives, either openly or concealed, except as...

  14. 7 CFR 501.12 - Weapons and explosives.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 6 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Weapons and explosives. 501.12 Section 501.12... OF AGRICULTURE CONDUCT ON U.S. MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER, CLAY CENTER, NEBRASKA § 501.12 Weapons... arrows, darts, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives, either openly or concealed, except as...

  15. 7 CFR 501.12 - Weapons and explosives.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 6 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Weapons and explosives. 501.12 Section 501.12... OF AGRICULTURE CONDUCT ON U.S. MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER, CLAY CENTER, NEBRASKA § 501.12 Weapons... arrows, darts, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives, either openly or concealed, except as...

  16. 7 CFR 501.12 - Weapons and explosives.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 6 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Weapons and explosives. 501.12 Section 501.12... OF AGRICULTURE CONDUCT ON U.S. MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER, CLAY CENTER, NEBRASKA § 501.12 Weapons... arrows, darts, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives, either openly or concealed, except as...

  17. 7 CFR 501.12 - Weapons and explosives.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 6 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Weapons and explosives. 501.12 Section 501.12... OF AGRICULTURE CONDUCT ON U.S. MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER, CLAY CENTER, NEBRASKA § 501.12 Weapons... arrows, darts, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives, either openly or concealed, except as...

  18. Program Manager: The Journal of the Defense Systems Management College. Volume 15, Number 6, November-December 1986.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1986-12-01

    Power, Less Noise - 11 Quality Teams Assure Success - 16 Progeram Motagier (ISSN 0199-7114) is published Air Conditioner for Vests -16 bimonthly by...decision- Our Team Plays Better makers are The Naval Surface Weapons Center probably as heavy has been a key link in the difficult now as at any time...Administration examine what we in the weapons business know our we are doing, why we are doing it, and team plays better because you’re on it. whether

  19. Sandia National Laboratories: Cooperative Monitoring Center

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  1. Inertial Impact Switches for Artillery Fuzes. Part III. Rocket Application

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1975-04-01

    INtWT.INiUUITO» iiTwar mN.coimcT Nom > i. minrtwotMutt. SLOTS IN END UP MO SCOVTOBCmUNC«ITH EMM OTMR WITHIN 10* SCCNOTC...ENGR LAB COMMANDER NAVAL SURFACE WEAPONS CENTER WHITE OAK, MD 20910 ATTN CODE 043 , PROJ MGR, FUZES ATTN CODE 511, ATTN CODE 512, ATTN CODE 522

  2. Temperature and Concentration Profiles in Hydrogen-Nitrous Oxide Flames.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1986-07-01

    SECumvY CLASSIFICATION CF TIS PAGOE(hn Date. 3.,OCO 20. Abstract (Cont’d): est for flame modeler UNCLASSIFIED * SECURITY CL ASSIrIC ATION Or THIS P...Commander Naval Surface Weapons Center Commander ATTN: R. Bernecker, R-13 US Army Tank Automotive G.B. Wilmot , R-16 Command Silver Spring, MD 20902

  3. Proceedings of the Irvine Workshop on Alternatives for the Environment, Certification, and Control of the DOD Common High Order Language, Held at California University, Irvine on 20-22 June 1978.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1978-01-01

    of the poet Lord Byron, and Babbage ’s "programmer." For reasons of historical accuracy, the use of the working title "DODi" has been retained in the...Surface Weapons Center Al Irvine, SofTech, Inc. Rob Kling, UC - Irvine John C. Knight, NASA Langley Research Center Charles L. Lawson, Jet Propulsion

  4. Predictors of Weapon Carrying in Youth Attending Drop-in Centers

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    Blumberg, Elaine J.; Liles, Sandy; Kelley, Norma J.; Hovell, Melbourne F.; Bousman, Chad A.; Shillington, Audrey M.; Ji, Ming; Clapp, John

    2009-01-01

    Objective: To test and compare 2 predictive models of weapon carrying in youth (n=308) recruited from 4 drop-in centers in San Diego and Imperial counties. Methods: Both models were based on the Behavioral Ecological Model (BEM). Results: The first and second models significantly explained 39% and 53% of the variance in weapon carrying,…

  5. Predictors of Weapon Carrying in Youth Attending Drop-in Centers

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    Blumberg, Elaine J.; Liles, Sandy; Kelley, Norma J.; Hovell, Melbourne F.; Bousman, Chad A.; Shillington, Audrey M.; Ji, Ming; Clapp, John

    2012-01-01

    Objective To test and compare 2 predictive models of weapon carrying in youth (n=308) recruited from 4 drop-in centers in San Diego and Imperial counties. Methods Both models were based on the Behavioral Ecological Model (BEM). Results The first and second models significantly explained 39% and 53% of the variance in weapon carrying, respectively, and both full models shared the significant predictors of being black(−), being Hispanic (−), peer modeling of weapon carrying/jail time(+), and school suspensions(+). Conclusions Results suggest that the BEM offers a generalizable conceptual model that may inform prevention strategies for youth at greatest risk of weapon carrying. PMID:19320622

  6. An Electrochemical and Infrared Study of Chloranil in n-Butylpyridinium Chloride: Aluminum Chloride Ionic Liquid.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1982-06-01

    Chem. Soc., 4540 (1962). 32. G. B. Ansell , P. R. Hammond, S. V. Hering and P. Corradini, Tetrahedron, 25, 2549 (1969). 33. L. G. Boxall, H. L. Jones and...Rill, New Jersey 07974 1 Materials Division, Research 6 Technology Deoartment Dr. Adam Weller Naval Surface Weapons Center Bell Laboratories White

  7. Determination of Acoustic Effects on Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles for the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement

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    2012-03-12

    column than sounds with lower frequencies ( Urick , 1983). Additionally, these systems are generally operated in the vicinity of the sea floor, thus...Water,” TR-76-116, Naval Surface Weapons Center, White Oak, Silver Springs, MD. Urick , R. J. (1983), Principles of Underwater Sound, McGraw-Hill

  8. Extended Basis Set Calculations of Atomization Energies: Comparison of Isogyric and Direct Results.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1989-09-01

    CF . Adams and .J. Page, "Structures an Energies for Small Boron Co pounds . One and Two Boron Compounds," BRI, Technical Repor in press. 8. R. Kirsh...5000 L. Harris Dover, NJ 07801 2 Cnmnander Naval Surface Weapons Center 2 Commander ATTN: R. Bernecker, R-13 US Army Missile Command G.B. Wilmot , R

  9. Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Technical Digest

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    2001-12-01

    Survivability Systems: An Overview Fred J. Fisch 139 Modeling and Simulation of Weapons Effects on Ships Robert R. Wunderlick 143 Intelligent Networks ...communications capability of forces afloat to support emerging network -centric warfare doc- trines. Stealth, for our next generation of warships...fully-inte- grated, fully- networked electronic countermeasures system, developed in parallel and in close coordination with sister systems. An

  10. 31 CFR 700.11 - Weapons and explosives.

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    2011-07-01

    ... 31 Money and Finance:Treasury 3 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Weapons and explosives. 700.11 Section... ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER (FLETC) BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS § 700.11 Weapons and explosives. No person, while on the property, shall carry firearms, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives, either openly or...

  11. 31 CFR 700.11 - Weapons and explosives.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 31 Money and Finance:Treasury 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Weapons and explosives. 700.11 Section... ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER (FLETC) BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS § 700.11 Weapons and explosives. No person, while on the property, shall carry firearms, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives, either openly or...

  12. 7 CFR 503.13 - Weapons and explosives.

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    2013-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 6 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Weapons and explosives. 503.13 Section 503.13... OF AGRICULTURE CONDUCT ON PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER § 503.13 Weapons and explosives. No person while in or on the PIADC shall carry firearms or other dangerous or deadly weapons or explosives...

  13. 7 CFR 503.13 - Weapons and explosives.

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    2012-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 6 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Weapons and explosives. 503.13 Section 503.13... OF AGRICULTURE CONDUCT ON PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER § 503.13 Weapons and explosives. No person while in or on the PIADC shall carry firearms or other dangerous or deadly weapons or explosives...

  14. 7 CFR 503.13 - Weapons and explosives.

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    2011-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 6 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Weapons and explosives. 503.13 Section 503.13... OF AGRICULTURE CONDUCT ON PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER § 503.13 Weapons and explosives. No person while in or on the PIADC shall carry firearms or other dangerous or deadly weapons or explosives...

  15. 31 CFR 700.11 - Weapons and explosives.

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    2012-07-01

    ... 31 Money and Finance:Treasury 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Weapons and explosives. 700.11 Section... ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER (FLETC) BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS § 700.11 Weapons and explosives. No person, while on the property, shall carry firearms, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives, either openly or...

  16. 7 CFR 503.13 - Weapons and explosives.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 6 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Weapons and explosives. 503.13 Section 503.13... OF AGRICULTURE CONDUCT ON PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER § 503.13 Weapons and explosives. No person while in or on the PIADC shall carry firearms or other dangerous or deadly weapons or explosives...

  17. 31 CFR 700.11 - Weapons and explosives.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 31 Money and Finance: Treasury 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Weapons and explosives. 700.11... FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER (FLETC) BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS § 700.11 Weapons and explosives. No person, while on the property, shall carry firearms, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives...

  18. 7 CFR 503.13 - Weapons and explosives.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 7 Agriculture 6 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Weapons and explosives. 503.13 Section 503.13... OF AGRICULTURE CONDUCT ON PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER § 503.13 Weapons and explosives. No person while in or on the PIADC shall carry firearms or other dangerous or deadly weapons or explosives...

  19. 31 CFR 700.11 - Weapons and explosives.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 31 Money and Finance:Treasury 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Weapons and explosives. 700.11 Section... ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER (FLETC) BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS § 700.11 Weapons and explosives. No person, while on the property, shall carry firearms, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives, either openly or...

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  7. Proceedings of the DoD Information Analysis Center Conference (3rd) Held at Naval Surface Weapons Center, White Oak, Silver Spring, Maryland, 8-9 December 1981,

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    1982-12-09

    34 .: .. . .2 .., - " SESSION II Mr. Jerome Persh, Staff Specialist for Materials and qtructures, OUSDR&E Mr. Charles Miller. Program Director for Federal...Control Division, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense Management Systems Mr. Jerome Pearson, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory Mr. Harry Pebly...your support and I solicit your assistance. The selection of subjects for the Conference is an excellent one; we are all going to learn a lot here. The

  8. 33 CFR 334.1180 - Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area.

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    2012-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area. 334.1180 Section 334.1180 Navigation and Navigable... REGULATIONS § 334.1180 Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area. (a) The...

  9. 33 CFR 334.1180 - Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area.

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    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area. 334.1180 Section 334.1180 Navigation and Navigable... REGULATIONS § 334.1180 Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area. (a) The...

  10. 33 CFR 334.1180 - Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area.

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    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area. 334.1180 Section 334.1180 Navigation and Navigable... REGULATIONS § 334.1180 Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area. (a) The...

  11. 33 CFR 334.1180 - Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area.

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    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area. 334.1180 Section 334.1180 Navigation and Navigable... REGULATIONS § 334.1180 Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area. (a) The...

  12. 33 CFR 334.1180 - Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area.

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    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area. 334.1180 Section 334.1180 Navigation and Navigable... REGULATIONS § 334.1180 Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area. (a) The...

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  6. 33 CFR 334.240 - Potomac River, Mattawoman Creek and Chicamuxen Creek; U.S. Naval Surface Weapons Center, Indian...

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    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Potomac River, Mattawoman Creek..., DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DANGER ZONE AND RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.240 Potomac River, Mattawoman Creek...) The danger zone. Beginning at a point on the easterly shore of the Potomac River at latitude 38°36′00...

  7. 33 CFR 334.240 - Potomac River, Mattawoman Creek and Chicamuxen Creek; U.S. Naval Surface Weapons Center, Indian...

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    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

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    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Potomac River, Mattawoman Creek..., DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DANGER ZONE AND RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.240 Potomac River, Mattawoman Creek...) The danger zone. Beginning at a point on the easterly shore of the Potomac River at latitude 38°36′00...

  10. 33 CFR 334.240 - Potomac River, Mattawoman Creek and Chicamuxen Creek; U.S. Naval Surface Weapons Center, Indian...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Potomac River, Mattawoman Creek..., DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DANGER ZONE AND RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.240 Potomac River, Mattawoman Creek...) The danger zone. Beginning at a point on the easterly shore of the Potomac River at latitude 38°36′00...

  11. Keeping Naval Guns Ready

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-03-01

    Keeping Naval Guns Ready David L. Rogers Rogers is the Deputy Department Head, Systems Integration Department, Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian...maritime routes and the global economy. This protection depends on keeping these forward naval ships ready, par- ticularly their guns and ammunition...the weapons of choice for counter- ing a multitude of threats. That gun readiness is assured with responsive technical support. It is done fast, and

  12. Proceedings of the Electronics Manufacturing Seminar (14th Annual) Held in China Lake, California on 21-22 February 1990

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1990-02-01

    Aging effects Aging of metalic surfaces Aqueous cleaning Circuit- card assembly Cleanability Closed-loop soldering Conformal coating Defect...5 Standard Electronic Circuit Card Assembly System ....................................... 7 Douglas Green Lockheed-Sanders Corp. Nashua, New...Facility Naval Weapons Center NAVIRSA Detachment 5 NWC TP 7066 EMPF TR 0010 STANDARD ELECTRONIC CIRCUTT CARD ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (SECAS PROJECT) by Douglas

  13. Sandia National Laboratories: News: Publications: Environmental Reports

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  9. 44 CFR 15.15 - Weapons and explosives.

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    2013-10-01

    ... HOMELAND SECURITY GENERAL CONDUCT AT THE MT. WEATHER EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CENTER AND AT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER § 15.15 Weapons and explosives. No person entering or while at Mt. Weather or the... openly or concealed, except: (a) For official purposes if the Administrator, Mt. Weather Executive...

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    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

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    ... HOMELAND SECURITY GENERAL CONDUCT AT THE MT. WEATHER EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CENTER AND AT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER § 15.15 Weapons and explosives. No person entering or while at Mt. Weather or the... openly or concealed, except: (a) For official purposes if the Administrator, Mt. Weather Executive...

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    ... HOMELAND SECURITY GENERAL CONDUCT AT THE MT. WEATHER EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CENTER AND AT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER § 15.15 Weapons and explosives. No person entering or while at Mt. Weather or the... openly or concealed, except: (a) For official purposes if the Administrator, Mt. Weather Executive...

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    ... HOMELAND SECURITY GENERAL CONDUCT AT THE MT. WEATHER EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CENTER AND AT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER § 15.15 Weapons and explosives. No person entering or while at Mt. Weather or the... openly or concealed, except: (a) For official purposes if the Administrator, Mt. Weather Executive...

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    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

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    ... HOMELAND SECURITY GENERAL CONDUCT AT THE MT. WEATHER EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CENTER AND AT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER § 15.15 Weapons and explosives. No person entering or while at Mt. Weather or the... openly or concealed, except: (a) For official purposes if the Administrator, Mt. Weather Executive...

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  16. User Guide for Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Operations on the National Ranges

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2007-11-01

    WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION, PT. MUGU NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION, CHINA LAKE NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION, PATUXENT...with IFR Instrument Flight Rules MRTFB Major Range and Test Facility Base NAS National Airspace System NM nautical mile NTIA National...sectional charts, Instrument Flight Rules ( IFR ) enroute charts, and terminal area charts. The floor and ceiling, operating hours, and controlling

  17. Energetic Azido Compounds

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1980-03-28

    Dr. F. Roberto Lt. S. Clift Naval Weapons Center 3 Mr. ;. Geisler Chi•a Lakre, CA 93555 4a Attn: Dr. A. Amsrer, Code 385 U.S. Army Research Office I...Research Naval: Weapons Center 1 Directorate of Chemical Sciences China Lake, CA 93555 Bolling Air Force Base Attn: Mr. H. Richter, Code 3858

  18. Defense AT&L Magazine. Volume 43, Number 5. September-October 2014

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-10-01

    Air Warfare Center Weapons Atlas V launches third Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite for the U.S. Air Force in September 2013. United...nanoparticles have been extensively studied for their unique optical properties which arise from localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR). This... resonance results in a very strong attenuation of light in the visible and near-infrared regions due to the strong enhancement of the local electric

  19. Calculation of Weapon Platform Attitude and Cant using Available Sensor Feedback

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2018-02-01

    terrain presents challenges for firing large caliber weapons. When a weapon is fired, the forward momentum of the discharge is equally reflected to the...GIDEP Operations Center P.O. Box 8000 Corona , CA 91718-8000 gidep@gidep.org UNCLASSIFIED Approved for public release; distribution

  20. Processing of Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymers and Their Blends

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1990-02-23

    Dziemianowicz, J. Romanski and W. Werber , Polym. Eng. Sci., 28(12), 785 (1988). 22. C. U. Ko and G. L. Wilkes, J. Appi. Polym. Sci., 37, 3063 (1989). 23. K...Virginia 22217-5000 NSTL, Mississippi 39529 Dr. Bernard Dauda 1 Naval Weapons Center Naval Weapons Support Center Attn: Dr. Ron Atkins Code UKC Chemistry

  1. Underwater hydrophone location survey

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Cecil, Jack B.

    1993-01-01

    The Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) is a U.S. Navy test range located on Andros Island, Bahamas, and a Division of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), Newport, RI. The Headquarters of AUTEC is located at a facility in West Palm Beach, FL. AUTEC's primary mission is to provide the U.S. Navy with a deep-water test and evaluation facility for making underwater acoustic measurements, testing and calibrating sonars, and providing accurate underwater, surface, and in-air tracking data on surface ships, submarines, aircraft, and weapon systems. Many of these programs are in support of Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW), undersea research and development programs, and Fleet assessment and operational readiness trials. Most tests conducted at AUTEC require precise underwater tracking (plus or minus 3 yards) of multiple acoustic signals emitted with the correct waveshape and repetition criteria from either a surface craft or underwater vehicle.

  2. Roster of NSAP (Navy Science Assistance Program) Field Team Members, Fiscal Years 1971-1986

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1985-08-05

    CAPTOR Evaluation Program, NSWC. Current Job/Position: Operational Requirements Analyst for a new generation of mines. Current Address: Officer in...to NSAP Field Assignment: General Engineer; combat systems engineering on new ship design concepts, NSWC. Current Job/Position: Electronic Engineer...ADDRESS 12. REPORT DATE Naval Surface Weapons Center (Code D23) 5 August 1985 10901 New Hampshire Avenue 13. NUMBER OF PAGES Silver Spring, MD 20910

  3. Amarillo National Resource Center for plutonium. Work plan progress report, November 1, 1995--January 31, 1996

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Cluff, D.

    1996-04-01

    The Center operates under a cooperative agreement between DOE and the State of Texas and is directed and administered by an education consortium. Its programs include developing peaceful uses for the materials removed from dismantled weapons, studying effects of nuclear materials on environment and public health, remedying contaminated soils and water, studying storage, disposition, and transport of Pu, HE, and other hazardous materials removed from weapons, providing research and counsel to US in carrying out weapons reductions in cooperation with Russia, and conducting a variety of education and training programs.

  4. Probability Formulas for Describing Fragment Size Distributions

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1981-06-01

    L)RCDMD-ST 5001 EisenhowerAvenue Alexandria,VA 22333 Commander US Amy MaterielDevelopment G ReadinessCommand ATTN: DRCDL 5001EisenhowerAvenue...Sieling Natick,MA 01762 CoWander US Amy Tank Automotive DevelopmentCommand ATTN: DRDTA-UL Warren,MI 48090 1 1 1 1 1 Organization Commander US Army...ATTN: D.R. Garrison 3 A. Wilner Bethesda,MD 20084 Commander 1 NavalSurfaceWeaponsCenter ATTN: Code TEB, D. W. Colberts ~n Mr. S. Hock Code TX, Dr. W.G

  5. A Multiple Zone Method for Supersonic Tactical Missiles

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1986-06-01

    6a NAME OF PERFORMING ORGANIZATION Naval Surface Weapons Center 6b OFFICE SYMBOL (If applicable) R -44 7a NAME OF MONITORING ORGANIZATION 6c...3422a"KrAME~0F R ETPO N S 1 BLETNOTV I DUAL Dr. Andrew IJardlaw n DTIC USERS 21 ABSTRACT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION Unclassified 22 ’i^^LELEPHONE...constant, zones are generalized in Figure 4. Each zone is described with respect to ch either represent cylindrical { r ,^,z) or cartesian lindrical

  6. Porous Electrodes I: Numerical Simulation Using Random Network and Single Pore Models.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1984-01-31

    characteristic of Zn and ZnO ) and scaling them down to the magnitude of a unit pore size- approximately 10i in diameter. We define a characteristic...supported by the Office of Naval Research under contract N00014-81-K-0339. 11 - 15 - REFERENCES 1. R. de Levis in Advances in Electrochemistry and...P. 3. Hendra Dr. C. E. Mueller Department of Chemistry The Electrochemistry Branch University of Southampton Naval Surface Weapons Center

  7. Electrochemistry and Spectroelectrochemistry of Polynuclear Zinc Phthalocyanines: Formation of Mixed Valence Cation Radical Species.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1988-02-25

    No. No. Copies Cpe Office of Naval Research 2 Dr. David You.)g Attn: Code 1113 Code 334 800 N. Quinc’ Street NORDA Arlington, Virginia 22217-5000 NSTL...Naval Surface Weapons Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 Or. R. A. Marcus Dr. Michael J. Weaver Department of...Microprocessor model 340 spectrometer. Cyclic and dif, rential pulse voltammetry were performed with a Princeton Applied Research (PARC) model 174A

  8. Flow Field Investigations of a Simulated Weapons Cavity at Mach 3.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1981-12-01

    AD-Alll 843 ARMO" ENGINEERING. DEVELOPMENT CENTER ARNOLD AFS TN F/9 14/2 FLOW FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF A SIMULATED WEAPONS CAVITY AT MACN--ETC(U) DEC...TEST CHART .. AEDC-TSR-81-V37 FLOW FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF A _____SIMULATED WEAPONS CAVITY AT MACH 3 _~W. A. Crosby Calspan Field Services, Inc...TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED Final Report FLOW FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF A SIMULATED WEAPONS 27 October 1981 CAVITY AT MACH 3 6. PERFORMING O1G

  9. 33 CFR 334.1380 - Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Kaneohe Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii-Ulupau Crater Weapons...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... Peninsula and the three seaward points forming an arc with a 3.8 nautical-mile radius at its center (Point B...), Kaneohe Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii-Ulupau Crater Weapons Training Range; danger zone. 334.1380 Section... Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii—Ulupau Crater Weapons Training Range; danger zone. (a) The danger zone...

  10. 33 CFR 334.1380 - Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Kaneohe Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii-Ulupau Crater Weapons...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... Peninsula and the three seaward points forming an arc with a 3.8 nautical-mile radius at its center (Point B...), Kaneohe Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii-Ulupau Crater Weapons Training Range; danger zone. 334.1380 Section... Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii—Ulupau Crater Weapons Training Range; danger zone. (a) The danger zone...

  11. 33 CFR 334.1380 - Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Kaneohe Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii-Ulupau Crater Weapons...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Peninsula and the three seaward points forming an arc with a 3.8 nautical-mile radius at its center (Point B...), Kaneohe Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii-Ulupau Crater Weapons Training Range; danger zone. 334.1380 Section... Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii—Ulupau Crater Weapons Training Range; danger zone. (a) The danger zone...

  12. 33 CFR 334.1380 - Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Kaneohe Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii-Ulupau Crater Weapons...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... Peninsula and the three seaward points forming an arc with a 3.8 nautical-mile radius at its center (Point B...), Kaneohe Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii-Ulupau Crater Weapons Training Range; danger zone. 334.1380 Section... Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii—Ulupau Crater Weapons Training Range; danger zone. (a) The danger zone...

  13. 33 CFR 334.1380 - Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Kaneohe Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii-Ulupau Crater Weapons...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Peninsula and the three seaward points forming an arc with a 3.8 nautical-mile radius at its center (Point B...), Kaneohe Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii-Ulupau Crater Weapons Training Range; danger zone. 334.1380 Section... Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii—Ulupau Crater Weapons Training Range; danger zone. (a) The danger zone...

  14. National Defense University's Influence on U.S. National Security Policy: Case Study about the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction

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    Rondeau, Ann E.

    2010-01-01

    This dissertation touches on a series of events leading to an aspect of United States public policy dealing with weapons of mass destruction (WMD). After exploring the literature that describes the understanding of public policy, this paper uses the case study method to understand why and how a single research center and a particular set of…

  15. Proceedings of the Fluidic State-of-the-Art Symposium Held at Naval Surface Weapons Center, White Oak, Md on 30 September - 3 October 1974. Volume 6

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1974-01-01

    v,^^,J^.iv;tut;.^^-^^r.^.^c.M^-trt^..^..^v:..;.-J..,..-;:.J:w,^.,... ■■^■■. . . . . ..-. ,. , ,’,.,-,w..’.-...i ..■.^aj>litfj.j^;.l^ iSisü fp^ rvf ...not, if you’re counting milk cartons as they go by, then it is no problem at all. E2 isL.. ... | ■ ■■..: -:.-,.,. ■.D-:..A--^L-;>--I:-^LJ^^ M IPM

  16. State-of-the-Art Engineering Aeroprediction Methods with Emphasis on New Semiempirical Techniques for Predicting Nonlinear Aerodynamics on Complete Missile Configurations

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1993-11-01

    ON COMPLETE MISSILE CONFIGURATIONS BY FRANK G. MOORE WEAPONS SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT NOVEMBER 1993 DTIC ,A -LECTE. DEC 1 3 1993 7;] Approved for public...Di t ib , tio Av J,fia ii !y Cc,,jes Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Avii j iUr Di"t NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DAHLGREN...CONTENTS Setion 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND .................... 1 - 1 1.1 USES FOR AERODYNAMICS ........................... 1 - 1 1.2 TYPES OF

  17. Proceedings of the Navy Symposium on Aeroballistics (10th) Held at the Sheraton Motor Inn, Fredericksburg, Virginia on 15-16-17 July 1975. Volume 1

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1975-07-17

    Impact Thomas B. McDonough Aeronautical Research Associates of Princeton. Inc. Princeton, New Jersey ...32460 [whi Naval Surface Weapons Center Dahigren Laboratory PASI UK , L. Code DG-40 Naval Sea Systems Comond Dah~gren, VA 22448 SEA -03513 (703...perturbation upwa h veLoci- tieas -inued by -the constant u-velocitv panels. ’?he axial an side force coponents, 6F and LFy, are then ca, u.,, -- -f

  18. Planning Concepts to Sustain, Develop, and Test Complex Naval Combat Systems at the Surface Combat Systems Center, Wallops Island, Virginia

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2005-03-01

    as Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC). The addition of CEC makes it a hub for Battle Group Integration Testing (BGIT) that can replicate Radar and...Link performance characteristics for naval battle groups . 2 3. The closure of the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility (AFWTF), Vieques Island...different authors and groups over the past ten years. The intention is to analyze this information, combine it where appropriate, present it in one

  19. Polycyclic High Energy Oxidizers.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1983-04-01

    D -A128 309 P0 YCYCC HIGH ENER G OXIDIZERS(U) MORTON THIOKOL INC 1/r BRIGHAMCIT UT WASATCH DIV J C HINSHAW APR 83 I N00014-8N C 0204 JNCLASS4FIED /1/9...instability. 1. D . A. Cichra, J. Holden, and C. Dickenson Estimation of "Normal" Densities of hplosive Compounds from Empirical Atomic Volumes, Naval...Surface Weapons Center Report, ISWC TR-79-273, February 19,1980. 3 2. Estimated heats of formation are calculated using a method developed by A. D

  20. Architecture, Design, and System; Performance Assessment and Development Methodology for Computer-Based Systems. Volume 1. Methodology Description, Discussion, and Assessment,

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1983-12-30

    AD-Ri46 57? ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT i/i AND DEVELOPMENT ME..(U) NAVAL SURFACE WEAPONS CENTER SILYER SPRING MD J...AD-A 146 577 NSIWC TR 83-324 ARCHITECTURE , DESIGN , AND SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY...REPORT NUMBER 12. GOVT ACCESSION NO.3. RECIPIENT’S CATALOG NUMBER NSWC TR 83-324 10- 1 1 51’ 4. ?ITLE (and subtitle) ARCHITECTURE , DESIGN , AND SYSTEM; S

  1. 20 CFR 670.120 - What definitions apply to this part?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... agency, or a contractor that runs a center under an agreement or contract with DOL. Civilian conservation... incendiaries; (3) Knives with blades longer than 2 inches; (4) Homemade weapons; (5) All other weapons and...

  2. 20 CFR 670.120 - What definitions apply to this part?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... agency, or a contractor that runs a center under an agreement or contract with DOL. Civilian conservation... incendiaries; (3) Knives with blades longer than 2 inches; (4) Homemade weapons; (5) All other weapons and...

  3. 20 CFR 670.120 - What definitions apply to this part?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... agency, or a contractor that runs a center under an agreement or contract with DOL. Civilian conservation... incendiaries; (3) Knives with blades longer than 2 inches; (4) Homemade weapons; (5) All other weapons and...

  4. 20 CFR 670.120 - What definitions apply to this part?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... agency, or a contractor that runs a center under an agreement or contract with DOL. Civilian conservation... incendiaries; (3) Knives with blades longer than 2 inches; (4) Homemade weapons; (5) All other weapons and...

  5. 20 CFR 670.120 - What definitions apply to this part?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... agency, or a contractor that runs a center under an agreement or contract with DOL. Civilian conservation... incendiaries; (3) Knives with blades longer than 2 inches; (4) Homemade weapons; (5) All other weapons and...

  6. Sandia National Laboratories: National Security Missions: International

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    Weapons Safety & Security Weapons Science & Technology Defense Systems & Assessments About Directed Research & Development Technology Deployment Centers Working With Sandia Working With Sandia Payable Contract Information Construction & Facilities Contract Audit Sandia's Economic Impact

  7. Perfection and the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Teleology, and Motives.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Brummett, Barry

    1989-01-01

    Uses Kenneth Burke's theory of perfection to explore the vocabularies of nuclear weapons in United States public discourse and how "the Bomb" as a God term has gained imbalanced ascendancy in centers of power. (MS)

  8. STS-26 launch and entry crew equipment demonstration at Naval Weapons Center

    NASA Image and Video Library

    1987-12-08

    S88-25408 (8 Dec 1987) --- James O. Schlosser (left), JSC crew systems branch employee responsible for crew equipment development, gives a briefing on the crew equipment baselined for STs-26 as astronaut James P. Bagian models the new gear. Included in the package are a partial pressure suit, harness, parachute, life raft and survival gear. The deomonstration took place at the Naval Weapons Center in China Lake, CA.

  9. Sandia National Laboratories: National Security Missions: International

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    Weapons Safety & Security Weapons Science & Technology Defense Systems & Assessments About Directed Research & Development Technology Deployment Centers Working With Sandia Working With Sandia Licensing & Technology Transfer Browse Technology Portfolios Technology Partnerships Business, Industry

  10. Sandia National Laboratories: Sandia Enabled Communications and

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  11. Vulnerability of populations and the urban health care systems to nuclear weapon attack – examples from four American cities

    PubMed Central

    Bell, William C; Dallas, Cham E

    2007-01-01

    Background The threat posed by the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) within the United States has grown significantly in recent years, focusing attention on the medical and public health disaster capabilities of the nation in a large scale crisis. While the hundreds of thousands or millions of casualties resulting from a nuclear weapon would, in and of itself, overwhelm our current medical response capabilities, the response dilemma is further exacerbated in that these resources themselves would be significantly at risk. There are many limitations on the resources needed for mass casualty management, such as access to sufficient hospital beds including specialized beds for burn victims, respiration and supportive therapy, pharmaceutical intervention, and mass decontamination. Results The effects of 20 kiloton and 550 kiloton nuclear detonations on high priority target cities are presented for New York City, Chicago, Washington D.C. and Atlanta. Thermal, blast and radiation effects are described, and affected populations are calculated using 2000 block level census data. Weapons of 100 Kts and up are primarily incendiary or radiation weapons, able to cause burns and start fires at distances greater than they can significantly damage buildings, and to poison populations through radiation injuries well downwind in the case of surface detonations. With weapons below 100 Kts, blast effects tend to be stronger than primary thermal effects from surface bursts. From the point of view of medical casualty treatment and administrative response, there is an ominous pattern where these fatalities and casualties geographically fall in relation to the location of hospital and administrative facilities. It is demonstrated that a staggering number of the main hospitals, trauma centers, and other medical assets are likely to be in the fatality plume, rendering them essentially inoperable in a crisis. Conclusion Among the consequences of this outcome would be the probable loss of command-and-control, mass casualties that will have to be treated in an unorganized response by hospitals on the periphery, as well as other expected chaotic outcomes from inadequate administration in a crisis. Vigorous, creative, and accelerated training and coordination among the federal agencies tasked for WMD response, military resources, academic institutions, and local responders will be critical for large-scale WMD events involving mass casualties. PMID:17328796

  12. Vulnerability of populations and the urban health care systems to nuclear weapon attack--examples from four American cities.

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    Bell, William C; Dallas, Cham E

    2007-02-28

    The threat posed by the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) within the United States has grown significantly in recent years, focusing attention on the medical and public health disaster capabilities of the nation in a large scale crisis. While the hundreds of thousands or millions of casualties resulting from a nuclear weapon would, in and of itself, overwhelm our current medical response capabilities, the response dilemma is further exacerbated in that these resources themselves would be significantly at risk. There are many limitations on the resources needed for mass casualty management, such as access to sufficient hospital beds including specialized beds for burn victims, respiration and supportive therapy, pharmaceutical intervention, and mass decontamination. The effects of 20 kiloton and 550 kiloton nuclear detonations on high priority target cities are presented for New York City, Chicago, Washington D.C. and Atlanta. Thermal, blast and radiation effects are described, and affected populations are calculated using 2000 block level census data. Weapons of 100 Kts and up are primarily incendiary or radiation weapons, able to cause burns and start fires at distances greater than they can significantly damage buildings, and to poison populations through radiation injuries well downwind in the case of surface detonations. With weapons below 100 Kts, blast effects tend to be stronger than primary thermal effects from surface bursts. From the point of view of medical casualty treatment and administrative response, there is an ominous pattern where these fatalities and casualties geographically fall in relation to the location of hospital and administrative facilities. It is demonstrated that a staggering number of the main hospitals, trauma centers, and other medical assets are likely to be in the fatality plume, rendering them essentially inoperable in a crisis. Among the consequences of this outcome would be the probable loss of command-and-control, mass casualties that will have to be treated in an unorganized response by hospitals on the periphery, as well as other expected chaotic outcomes from inadequate administration in a crisis. Vigorous, creative, and accelerated training and coordination among the federal agencies tasked for WMD response, military resources, academic institutions, and local responders will be critical for large-scale WMD events involving mass casualties.

  13. Crew escape system test at Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California

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    1988-01-01

    As part of a crew escape system (CES) test program, a lifelike dummy is pulled by a tractor rocket from an airborne Convair-240 (C-240) aircraft at Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California. A P-3 chase plane accompanies the C-240. The C-240 was modified with a space shuttle side hatch mockup for the tests which will evaluate candidate concepts developed to provide crew egress capability during Space Shuttle controlled gliding flight.

  14. Dealing With Russian Tactical Nuclear Weapons

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    2004-01-01

    the plants, facilities, and equipment necessary to safely secure and store weapons pits (the plutonium “triggers” at the center of a thermonuclear ... bomb , and hence the most critical piece) proffered by either party. Furthermore, the statute requires the IAEA to establish control over the pits until

  15. Norms Versus Security: What is More Important to Japan’s View of Nuclear Weapons

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    2017-03-01

    objectives: “1) prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, 2) promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy , and 3...http://www.world- nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/fukushima-accident.aspx. 40 “Japanese Wary of Nuclear Energy ...PewResearchCenter, accessed February 22, 2017. http://www.pewglobal.org/2012/06/05/japanese-wary-of- nuclear - energy / 41 Malcolm Foster, “Thousands

  16. Presentations at the Tri-Service Cloud Modeling Workshop (2nd), Held at the Naval Surface Weapons Center, White Oak, Maryland, 26-27 June 1984. Volume 1.

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    1984-08-01

    produce even the most basic binary cloud data and methodologies needed to support the evaluation programs." In view of this recognized deficiency, the...There was an exchange of information with non - DoD agencies, with presentations made by NASA and NOAA (see pp. 537, 569). A brief report by the steering...on cloud data bases and methodologies for users. To achieve these actions requires explicit support. *See classified supplementary volume. vi CONTENTS

  17. Meeting the Challenge: A 1986 History of the Naval Surface Weapons Center

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    1987-05-29

    8217GClK JACK lMUITRIUXER DIG Iot I ---, , SUpFt S COMPUTER ’ HEL DE Osi cOeiTROLPRiOCESSO HIGM SPEED ATA BUS OM SWR AU VAGKTtC BIBS11 Closed-Loop...appear. HVAC designers think it can determine if closures need to be installed on ventilation inlets to prevent the ingress of exhaust gases from...and fuze timing errors. If the fuze could be caused to actuate based on target position rather than a predicted time of flight, these errors could be

  18. Detail, oblique view to northeast atop building 935 showing exposed ...

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    Detail, oblique view to northeast atop building 935 showing exposed roof sections of buildings 934 (center) and 933 (left), 90 mm lens. - Travis Air Force Base, Nuclear Weapons Assembly Plant 3, W Street, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Q Area, Fairfield, Solano County, CA

  19. Materials for Children about Nuclear War.

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    Eiss, Harry

    President Reagan's Fiscal Year 1987 budget was an attempt to increase dramatically spending on national defense, on nuclear weapons, while cutting back on social programs. The increases for almost all nuclear weapons indicate the Administration of the United States saw its major responsibility as one of providing a strong military, one centered on…

  20. A Medical Center Network for Optimized Lung Cancer Biospecimen Banking

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    2013-10-01

    Carcinoma Stage IIB N N .149 1 8 .132 1 8 .092 1 No - Quit Smoking 50 AR Agent Orange , Nuclear weapons, Second-hand smoke Agent Orange , Nuclear weapons...Smoking 30 None Agent Orange , Asbestos, Second-hand smoke Agent Orange , Asbestos, Second-hand smoke S0159 Squamous Cell Carcinoma Stage IIB Y N...2.560 100 80 25 6 7 0.670 4 4 0.370 1 No - Quit Smoking 30 NV Agent Orange , Asbestos, Nuclear weapons, Second- hand smoke Agent Orange , Asbestos

  1. Tail Separation and Surface Impact Effects on the Underwater Trajectory of the JDAM

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    2010-05-01

    tow the very capable sled (with the MK-103 through MK- 106 installed) into shallow water, but is unable to work in low visibility or at night. The...delay depends on which types of targets the weapon is to attack. The explosive in the live weapon is PBXN -109, whereas the inert weapons have

  2. STS-26 launch and entry crew equipment demonstration at Naval Weapons Center

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    1988-01-01

    STS-26 launch and entry crew equipment demonstration is conducted by JSC Crew and Thermal Systems Division's (CTSD's) employee James O. Schlosser at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California. Schlosser (left) gives a briefing on the new crew equipment baselined for STS-26 as Astronaut James P. Bagian models the new gear. Included in the package are navy blue launch and entry suit (LES), launch and entry helmet (LEH), parachute, life raft, and survival gear. A mission specialist seat is visible in background between the two men.

  3. Chemical Analysis of the Dyes Used in Navy Green and Yellow Colored Smokes .

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    1986-01-31

    RD-RI69 478 CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DYES USED IN NAVY OREEN AND 11 YELLOW COLORED SNOKES(U) NAVAL WEAPONS SUP POR T CENTER CRANE IN APPLIED SCIENCES...NWSC/CR/RDTR-271 00 CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DYES USED IN NAVY GREEN AND YELLOW COLORED SMOKES Anton Chin Naval Weapons Support Center Applied Sciences...62765 SF65-559 559-691 20392 TITLE (Iint/ude Sec uritE C/assitication) CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DYES USED IN NAVY GREEN AND YELLOW COLORED SMOKES 1.1

  4. Report of Investigation: The Presence of Biological and Chemical Warfare Materiel at AFMC Bases within the United States

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    2000-06-01

    knew nothing of the BW/CW work done on the base in the 40’ s and 50’ s . 461 History of the Armament Development and Test Center, Appendix B, 1 July 1970...technical report has been reviewed and is approved for publication. FOR THE DIRECTOR ALBERT S . TORdGIAN, Lt Col, US Deputy Chief, Deployment and Su...Office of History , Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Systems Command Air Force Special Weapons Center Air Force Weapons Laboratory Air Materiel

  5. 48 CFR 217.172 - Multiyear contracts for supplies.

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    2012-10-01

    ... contract for— (1) A weapon system and associated items, services, and logistics support for a weapon system... after the completion of a cost analysis performed by the Defense Cost and Resource Center of the... Logistics (10 U.S.C. 2306b(i)(6)). (7) The Secretary of Defense shall send a notification containing the...

  6. 48 CFR 217.172 - Multiyear contracts for supplies.

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    2014-10-01

    ... contract for— (1) A weapon system and associated items, services, and logistics support for a weapon system... after the completion of a cost analysis performed by the Defense Cost and Resource Center of the... Logistics (10 U.S.C. 2306b(i)(6)). (7) The Secretary of Defense shall send a notification containing the...

  7. 48 CFR 217.172 - Multiyear contracts for supplies.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... contract for— (1) A weapon system and associated items, services, and logistics support for a weapon system... after the completion of a cost analysis performed by the Defense Cost and Resource Center of the... Logistics (10 U.S.C. 2306b(i)(6)). (7) The Secretary of Defense shall send a notification containing the...

  8. 48 CFR 217.172 - Multiyear contracts for supplies.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... contract for— (1) A weapon system and associated items, services, and logistics support for a weapon system... after the completion of a cost analysis performed by the Defense Cost and Resource Center of the... Logistics (10 U.S.C. 2306b(i)(6)). (7) The Secretary of Defense shall send a notification containing the...

  9. PLUMBBOB Series, 1957

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    1981-09-15

    Organization included radiological safety, security, transportation, cominuni- cations, engineering , and logistics. The Air Force Special Weapons Center (AFSWC...Test Organization by Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company. Inc. * PLUMBBOB AFSWP Operation Summary Report * Weapons Test Reports for the Armed...Project 50.5 (Evaluation of’ Shielding for Engineer ileavy Equipment) .... ......... . 4.2.4 Project 50.6 (Protection Afforded by "Field

  10. Building 933935, oblique view to southwest showing, left to right, ...

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    Building 933-935, oblique view to southwest showing, left to right, rear doors to building 933, 934, 935, 90 mm lens. Building 934 in the center of complex. - Travis Air Force Base, Nuclear Weapons Assembly Plant 3, W Street, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Q Area, Fairfield, Solano County, CA

  11. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Harvey, J.R.; Rubin, U.

    Missiles themselves are not weapons of mass destruction; they do not give states the ability to wreak unimaginable destruction, or to radically shift the balance of power, as nuclear weapons do. Hence, the primary focus of nonproliferation efforts should remain on weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons, rather than on one of the many possible means of delivering them. Moreover, as discussed in more detail below, advanced strike aircraft can also be effective in delivering nuclear weapons, and are generally more effective than ballistic missiles for delivering conventional or chemical ordnance. Ultimately, if the industrialized nations seriously desire tomore » control the spread of delivery means for weapons of mass destruction, they need to consider bringing controls over ballistic missiles and advanced strike aircraft more into balance. At the same time, while efforts to control ballistic missile proliferation - centered on the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) - have had some successes and could be strengthened, US policy will be most effective if it recognizes two key realities: the spread of ballistic missiles cannot be as comprehensively controlled as the spread of nuclear weapons, nor need it be as comprehensively controlled.« less

  12. Chemical and biological weapons: new questions, new answers.

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    Hood, E

    1999-01-01

    The words "chemical and biological weapons" (CBW) send a shiver down most spines these days. With the end of the Cold War, the possibility of a massive nuclear confrontation appears remote, so today many popular doomsday scenarios center on the aggressive use of chemical or biological warfare by rogue nations or terrorist groups. As exaggerated as some of the accounts are, with CBW cast as the latest unseen, unstoppable enemy, the threat posed by these weapons is all too real, and growing. Images p931-a PMID:10585899

  13. Hubble Space Telescope Battery Capacity Update

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    Hollandsworth, Roger; Armantrout, Jon; Rao, Gopalakrishna M.

    2007-01-01

    Orbital battery performance for the Hubble Space Telescope is discussed and battery life is predicted which supports decision to replace orbital batteries by 2009-2010 timeframe. Ground characterization testing of cells from the replacement battery build is discussed, with comparison of data from battery capacity characterization with cell studies of Cycle Life and 60% Stress Test at the Naval Weapons Surface Center (NWSC)-Crane, and cell Cycle Life testing at the Marshal Space Flight Center (MSFC). The contents of this presentation includes an update to the performance of the on-orbit batteries, as well as a discussion of the HST Service Mission 4 (SM4) batteries manufactured in 1996 and activated in 2000, and a second set of SM4 backup replacement batteries which began manufacture Jan 11, 2007, with delivery scheduled for July 2008.

  14. The Generation of Field Sensitive Interface States in Commercial CMOS Devices.

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    1984-05-31

    R. Hevey ATTN: STEWS -TE-AN, A. De La Paz ATTN: Code 6816, R. Lambert ATTN: STEWS -TE-AN, J. Meason ATTN: STEWS -TE-AN, R. Dutchover Naval Surface...Weapons Center ATTN: STEWS -TE-AN, R. Hays ATTN: Code F30 ATTN: STEWS -TE-N, K. Cummings ATTN: Code F31 ATTN: STEWS -TE-N, T. Arellanes ATTN: Code F31, F...Warnock ATTN: STEWS -TE-NT, M. Squires ATTN: Code F31, K. Caudle ATTN: Code WA-52, R. Smith USA Missile Command ATTN: F31, J. Downs ATTN: AMSMI-SF, G

  15. Laser-induced damage in optical materials: sixteenth ASTM symposium.

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    Bennett, H E; Guenther, A H; Milam, D; Newnam, B E

    1987-03-01

    The Sixteenth Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers (Boulder Damage Symposium) was held at the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, CO, 15-17 Oct. 1984. The Symposium was held under the auspices of ASTM Committee F-1, Subcommittee on Laser Standards, with the joint sponsorship of NBS, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, the Department of Energy, the Office of Naval Research, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Approximately 180 scientists attended the Symposium, including representatives from England, France, The Netherlands, Scotland, and West Germany. The Symposium was divided into sessions concerning Materials and Measurements, Mirrors and Surfaces, Thin Films, and Fundamental Mechanisms. As in previous years, the emphasis of the papers presented at the Symposium was directed toward new frontiers and new developments. Particular emphasis was given to materials for high-power apparatus. The wavelength range of prime interest was from 10.6,microm to the UV region. Highlights included surface characterization, thin-film-substrate boundaries, and advances in fundamental laser-matter threshold interactions and mechanisms. Harold E. Bennett of the U.S. Naval Weapons Center, Arthur H. Guenther of the U.S. Air Force Weapons Laboratory, David Milam of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Brian E. Newnam of the Los Alamos National Laboratory were cochairmen of the Symposium.

  16. Modified Convair-240 aircraft at Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California

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    1987-01-01

    Convair-240 aircraft modified to fill role of a Space Shuttle is parked outside aircraft hangar at Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California. Space shuttle side hatch mockup is incorporated in fuselage (visible toward the aft section of the aircraft). Convair-240 aircraft is part of November crew escape system (CES) testing of a candidate concept developed to provide crew egress capability during Space Shuttle controlled gliding flight. Tractor rocket testing using the Convair-240 will begin 11-20-87. Life-like dummies will be pulled by the rockets from the modified aircraft's side hatch mockup.

  17. Bibliography, subject index, and author index of the literature examined by the Radiation Shielding Information Center (Reactor and Weapons Radiation Shielding). [1973--1976

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    Not Available

    1978-01-01

    An indexed bibliography is presented of literature selected by the Radiation Shielding Information Center since the previous volume was published in 1974 in the area of radiation transport and shielding against radiation from nuclear reactors, x-ray machines, radioisotopes, nuclear weapons (including fallout), and low-energy accelerators (e.g., neutron generators). In addition to lists of literature titles by subject categories (accessions 3501-4950), author and keyword indexes are given. Most of the literature selected for Vol. V was published in the years 1973 to 1976.

  18. The demented patient who declines to be dialyzed and the unhappy armed police officer son: what should be done?

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    Allon, Michael; Harbert, Glenda; Bova-Collis, Renée; Roberts, Stephen V; Moss, Alvin H

    2014-04-01

    Dialysis personnel are responsible for ensuring that patients' rights and physical safety are protected in dialysis centers. Treatment of patients with cognitive impairment, including patients with dementia, presents special challenges. These patients may attempt to pull out their dialysis needles during treatment, potentially endangering themselves, dialysis center personnel, and other patients. Such patients may also compromise the care of other patients in the center by upsetting them and requiring a disproportionate amount of staff attention during treatment. Dialysis centers have learned to require families of such patients to provide a sitter to ensure that the patient remains safe during the dialysis treatment; however, some patients may exhibit unsafe behaviors despite a sitter, and not all families are willing to provide a sitter. In some instances, family members respond to the stress of a loved one who is unsafe on dialysis by being verbally or physically abusive to dialysis staff. This article presents a case in which the family member was a police officer who was not only verbally and physically intimidating to the staff but also insisted on bringing his police service weapon into the dialysis center. It describes the psychosocial, ethical, and legal responses to a family member who is disrupting what should be a calm environment in the dialysis center and recommends that dialysis centers proactively develop policies concerning safety for patients, family members, and other visitors that make no exceptions. The case also highlights the importance of adopting a no weapons policy and posting and enforcing a no weapons sign.

  19. The Demented Patient Who Declines to Be Dialyzed and the Unhappy Armed Police Officer Son: What Should Be Done?

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    Allon, Michael; Harbert, Glenda; Bova-Collis, Renée; Roberts, Stephen V.

    2014-01-01

    Dialysis personnel are responsible for ensuring that patients’ rights and physical safety are protected in dialysis centers. Treatment of patients with cognitive impairment, including patients with dementia, presents special challenges. These patients may attempt to pull out their dialysis needles during treatment, potentially endangering themselves, dialysis center personnel, and other patients. Such patients may also compromise the care of other patients in the center by upsetting them and requiring a disproportionate amount of staff attention during treatment. Dialysis centers have learned to require families of such patients to provide a sitter to ensure that the patient remains safe during the dialysis treatment; however, some patients may exhibit unsafe behaviors despite a sitter, and not all families are willing to provide a sitter. In some instances, family members respond to the stress of a loved one who is unsafe on dialysis by being verbally or physically abusive to dialysis staff. This article presents a case in which the family member was a police officer who was not only verbally and physically intimidating to the staff but also insisted on bringing his police service weapon into the dialysis center. It describes the psychosocial, ethical, and legal responses to a family member who is disrupting what should be a calm environment in the dialysis center and recommends that dialysis centers proactively develop policies concerning safety for patients, family members, and other visitors that make no exceptions. The case also highlights the importance of adopting a no weapons policy and posting and enforcing a no weapons sign. PMID:24235284

  20. Building Partner Capacity to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction

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    2009-01-01

    EDUCATION ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NATIONAL SECURITY POPULATION AND AGING PUBLIC SAFETY SCIENCE AND...also met with officials from the government of the United Kingdom (the 12 The Science Applications International Corporation study team identified...Activity Description Ends Ways International Science and Technology Center Provides weapons experts in CIS the opportunity to redirect their

  1. U.S. Air Force Research Technology Area Plan, FY 1989

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1988-09-01

    Continue on reverse if necessaty and identify by block number) FIELD GROUP SUB-GROUP 19. ABSTRACT (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by...Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (AAMRL) USAF School of Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (USAFSAM) Rome Air Development Center...development of advanced weapon concepts and advance the state of the art in systems development, electromagnetic countermeasures, nuclear weapons

  2. Significance of Rib Fractures Potentially Caused by Blunt Impact Non Lethal Weapons

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-03-01

    Center Drive Alexandria, Virginia 22311-1882 I N S T I T U T E F O R D E F E N S E A N A L Y S E S Significance of Rib Fractures Potentially...F E N S E A N A L Y S E S IDA Document D-8277 Significance of Rib Fractures Potentially Caused by Blunt-Impact Non-Lethal Weapons Shelley M. Cazares...deterrent by inducing pain or muscle spasm at the site of impact of the affected individual. These weapons may induce rib fractures —the focus of this

  3. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress. Annual Report 2009

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    2009-01-01

    Department of Defense (DoD) concerns around traumatic exposure to war, operations other than war, weapons of mass destruction, natural disasters...consequences resulting from the traumatic impact of: 1) the possibility, or actual use, of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) during combat, acts of...simulation exercises dealing with chemical and biological terrorism. This early work generated an unprecedented body of research, including a

  4. Extended Nuclear Deterrence for Europe Without Forward-based Weapons

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-02-15

    financial costs of nuclear burden sharing, bolsters safety and security and further reduces proliferation risks. 22 Bibliography Bildt, Carl and... Sagan , Scott D. and Waltz, Kenneth N. The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed. W. W. Norton and Company New York, NY and London...Point. Center for International Relations, Reports and Analyses. Konrad-Adenauer Foundation, Warsaw, 2011, 2. 30 Bildt, Carl and Sikorski, Radek

  5. Investigation of long term storage effects on aerospace nickel-cadmium cell performance

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    Yi, T. Y.

    1986-01-01

    A study on evaluation of the long term storage effects on aerospace nickel-cadmium cells currently being performed at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is described. A number of cells of 6 Ah and 12 Ah capacities which were stored in shorted condition for 8 to 9 years at the GSFC were selected for this study. These cells will undergo electrical acceptance testing the the GSFC, and life cycling at the NASA Battery Test Facility at the Naval Weapons Facility at the Naval Weapons Support Center (NWSC) in Crane, Indiana; in addition, some cells from the study will undergo destructive analyses.

  6. Investigation of long term storage effects on aerospace nickel-cadmium cell performance

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Yi, T. Y.

    1986-09-01

    A study on evaluation of the long term storage effects on aerospace nickel-cadmium cells currently being performed at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is described. A number of cells of 6 Ah and 12 Ah capacities which were stored in shorted condition for 8 to 9 years at the GSFC were selected for this study. These cells will undergo electrical acceptance testing the the GSFC, and life cycling at the NASA Battery Test Facility at the Naval Weapons Facility at the Naval Weapons Support Center (NWSC) in Crane, Indiana; in addition, some cells from the study will undergo destructive analyses.

  7. Biomechanical and performance implications of weapon design: comparison of bullpup and conventional configurations.

    PubMed

    Stone, Richard T; Moeller, Brandon F; Mayer, Robert R; Rosenquist, Bryce; Van Ryswyk, Darin; Eichorn, Drew

    2014-06-01

    Shooter accuracy and stability were monitored while firing two bullpup and two conventional configuration rifles of the same caliber in order to determine if one style of weapon results in superior performance. Considerable debate exists among police and military professionals regarding the differences between conventional configuration weapons, where the magazine and action are located ahead of the trigger, and bullpup configuration, where they are located behind the trigger (closer to the user). To date, no published research has attempted to evaluate this question from a physical ergonomics standpoint, and the knowledge that one style might improve stability or result in superior performance is of interest to countless military, law enforcement, and industry experts. A live-fire evaluation of both weapon styles was performed using a total of 48 participants. Shooting accuracy and fluctuations in biomechanical stability (center of pressure) were monitored while subjects used the weapons to perform standard drills. The bullpup weapon designs were found to provide a significant advantage in accuracy and shooter stability, while subjects showed considerable preference toward the conventional weapons. Although many mechanical and maintenance issues must be considered before committing to a bullpup or conventional weapon system, it is clear in terms of basic human stability that the bullpup is the more advantageous configuration. Results can be used by competitive shooter, military, law enforcement, and industry experts while outfitting personnel with a weapon system that leads to superior performance.

  8. Operating and Support Costing Guide: Army Weapon Systems

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    1974-12-23

    First US Army 1 Commandant, US Army Logistics Management Center (Director Administration and Services) 2 Commander, US Army Management Systems Support...Army Logistics Management Center (Director, Administration and Services) Commander, US Army Management Systems Support Agency (DACS-AME) Commander

  9. Disaster preparedness, pediatric considerations in primary blast injury, chemical, and biological terrorism

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    Hamele, Mitchell; Poss, William Bradley; Sweney, Jill

    2014-01-01

    Both domestic and foreign terror incidents are an unfortunate outgrowth of our modern times from the Oklahoma City bombings, Sarin gas attacks in Japan, the Madrid train bombing, anthrax spores in the mail, to the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. The modalities used to perpetrate these terrorist acts range from conventional weapons to high explosives, chemical weapons, and biological weapons all of which have been used in the recent past. While these weapons platforms can cause significant injury requiring critical care the mechanism of injury, pathophysiology and treatment of these injuries are unfamiliar to many critical care providers. Additionally the pediatric population is particularly vulnerable to these types of attacks. In the event of a mass casualty incident both adult and pediatric critical care practitioners will likely be called upon to care for children and adults alike. We will review the presentation, pathophysiology, and treatment of victims of blast injury, chemical weapons, and biological weapons. The focus will be on those injuries not commonly encountered in critical care practice, primary blast injuries, category A pathogens likely to be used in terrorist incidents, and chemical weapons including nerve agents, vesicants, pulmonary agents, cyanide, and riot control agents with special attention paid to pediatric specific considerations. PMID:24834398

  10. Next-Generation Long-Range Strike: Combating the Tyranny of Distance

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-02-16

    and other subsystems such as fuel, hydraulics, ejection seats , etc. from proven and fielded systems. To enable the optionally manned capability...weapon is a very difficult target to engage. Surface-to- air missile kinematics simply cannot match that of a hypersonic weapon enabling more targets to

  11. Effects of 30 Mev Electron Irradiation on InGaAsP LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) and InGaAs Photodiodes.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1986-06-01

    devices in satellites and military combat systems, the reliability of LEDs and photodiodes when exposed to the typical radiation of a space or nuclear ...could be exposed to: nuclear power plants, space environments or a nuclear weapon detonation. When located on the 15 surface of the earth, nuclear power...35,000 miles above the earth’s surface. Additionally, electrons, neutrons and other products from a high altitude detonation of a nuclear weapon can

  12. Structural analysis of low-speed composite propfan blades for the LRCSW wind tunnel model

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    Ernst, Michael A.

    1992-01-01

    The Naval Weapons Center at China Lake, CA, is currently in the process of evaluating propulsion systems for the Long Range Conventional Standoff Weapons (LRCSW). At present, the Advanced Counter-Rotating Propfan system is being considered. The methodologies are documented which were used to structurally analyze the 0.55 scale CM1 composite propfan blades for the LRCSW with COBSTRAN and MSC/NASTRAN. Significant results are also reported.

  13. Productivity Measurement and Analysis of Airborne Weapons Maintenance Plans Performed by the Weapons Support Directorate, Pacific Missile Test Center, Pt. Mugu.

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    1987-12-01

    FM__KWJW~j’JVx W-V WWv Wu M WV b7’ II. LIT’rIEK REVI, AND TD .ORZTICAL F MW A. WHAT IS PRODUCTIVITY? 1. Productivity Definod The definition of...Implementing the Manpower Budget And Workgd Forecasting System The implementation of the system designed in Step 9. Step 12 - Implement ihQ inaAn MtpQx

  14. Aircraft Survivability: Modeling and Simulation Credibility, Summer 2002

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2002-01-01

    Weapons Center at China Lake in 1982 as a warfare analyst (Air-to- Air and Strike Warfare) for the Weapons Planning Group. In 1987 , he took over as...goal, the Workshop Executive Advisory Committee (WEAC) immediately fol- lowing WSII began sifting through the workshop presentations, panel discus...context is key.” V&V must be anchored to purpose (Hollenbach, pg 4) • Need to anchor across fidelity (Greaney)— maps to aggregation/de-aggregation

  15. 15 CFR Supplement No. 7 to Part 742 - Description of Major Weapons Systems

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... characteristics of a gun or a howitzer, mortars or multiple-launch rocket systems, capable of engaging surface... by employing guided missiles, unguided rockets, bombs, guns, cannons, or other weapons of destruction... with a similar range. (7) Missiles and Missile Launchers: (a) Guided or unguided rockets, or ballistic...

  16. 15 CFR Supplement No. 7 to Part 742 - Description of Major Weapons Systems

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... characteristics of a gun or a howitzer, mortars or multiple-launch rocket systems, capable of engaging surface... by employing guided missiles, unguided rockets, bombs, guns, cannons, or other weapons of destruction... with a similar range. (7) Missiles and Missile Launchers: (a) Guided or unguided rockets, or ballistic...

  17. 15 CFR Supplement No. 7 to Part 742 - Description of Major Weapons Systems

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... characteristics of a gun or a howitzer, mortars or multiple-launch rocket systems, capable of engaging surface... by employing guided missiles, unguided rockets, bombs, guns, cannons, or other weapons of destruction... with a similar range. (7) Missiles and Missile Launchers: (a) Guided or unguided rockets, or ballistic...

  18. 15 CFR Supplement No. 7 to Part 742 - Description of Major Weapons Systems

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... characteristics of a gun or a howitzer, mortars or multiple-launch rocket systems, capable of engaging surface... by employing guided missiles, unguided rockets, bombs, guns, cannons, or other weapons of destruction... with a similar range. (7) Missiles and Missile Launchers: (a) Guided or unguided rockets, or ballistic...

  19. KSC-04pd1654

    NASA Image and Video Library

    2004-08-05

    KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the ribbon cutting for the Enhanced Firing Range on Schwartz Rd. at Kennedy Space Center, Dave Saleeba (left with weapon) and Center Director Jim Kennedy (right, with weapon) practice firing on the new range. Saleeba is assistant administrator with the Office of Security Management and Safeguards at NASA Headquarters and was a guest speaker at the ceremony. NASA’s Federal Law Enforcement Training Academy’s firing range has been upgraded to include a “rifle-grade” shoot house, a portable, tactical “shoot-back” trailer for cover and concealment drills, automated running targets and a new classroom facility. They are added to the existing three firearms ranges, “pistol-grade” shoot house, obstacle course and rappel tower. NASA’s Security Management and Safeguards Office funded the enhancements in order to improve ability to train the KSC security force and to support local, state and federal law enforcement agencies in Homeland Security.

  20. KSC-04PD-1654

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    2004-01-01

    KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. At the ribbon cutting for the Enhanced Firing Range on Schwartz Rd. at Kennedy Space Center, Dave Saleeba (left with weapon) and Center Director Jim Kennedy (right, with weapon) practice firing on the new range. Saleeba is assistant administrator with the Office of Security Management and Safeguards at NASA Headquarters and was a guest speaker at the ceremony. NASAs Federal Law Enforcement Training Academys firing range has been upgraded to include a rifle-grade shoot house, a portable, tactical shoot-back trailer for cover and concealment drills, automated running targets and a new classroom facility. They are added to the existing three firearms ranges, pistol-grade shoot house, obstacle course and rappel tower. NASAs Security Management and Safeguards Office funded the enhancements in order to improve ability to train the KSC security force and to support local, state and federal law enforcement agencies in Homeland Security.

  1. Consequences of Regional Scale Nuclear Conflicts and Acts of Individual Nuclear Terrorism

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Toon, O. B.; Turco, R. P.; Robock, A.; Bardeen, C.; Oman, L.; Stenchikov, G. L.

    2006-12-01

    The number of nuclear warheads in the world has fallen by about a factor of three since its peak in 1986. However, the potential exists for numerous regional nuclear arms races, and for a significant expansion in the number of nuclear weapons states. Eight countries are known to have nuclear weapons, 2 are constructing them, and an additional 32 nations already have the fissile material needed to build weapons if they so desire. Population and economic activity worldwide are congregated to an increasing extent in "megacities", which are ideal targets for nuclear weapons. We find that low yield weapons, which new nuclear powers are likely to construct, can produce 100 times as many fatalities and 100 times as much smoke from fires per kt yield as high-yield weapons, if they are targeted at city centers. A single low-yield nuclear detonation in an urban center could lead to more fatalities, in some cases by orders of magnitude, than have occurred in major historical conflicts. A regional war between the smallest current nuclear states involving 100 15-kt explosions (less than 0.1% of the explosive yield of the current global nuclear arsenal) could produce direct fatalities comparable to all of those worldwide in World War II (WW-II), or to those once estimated for a "counterforce" nuclear war between the superpowers. Portions of megacities attacked with nuclear devices or exposed to fallout of long-lived isotopes, through armed conflict or terrorism, would likely be abandoned indefinitely, with severe national and international implications. Smoke from urban firestorms in a regional war might induce significant climatic and ozone anomalies on global scales. While there are many uncertainties in the issues we discuss here, the major uncertainties are the type and scale of conflict that might occur. Each of these potential hazards deserves careful analysis by governments worldwide advised by a broad section of the world scientific community, as well as widespread debate.

  2. Prompt Global Strike: China and the Spear

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-04-01

    longer range systems that are embedded in a larger system of advanced C4ISR is also evidenced by studies that detail China’s long-range hypersonic...to view U.S. PGS as a threat to Beijing’s conventional and nuclear weapons systems , as well as its command and control centers. With the breadth of...U.S. platforms defined as PGS-related systems in China, its analysts have not ruled out their delivery of nuclear weapons. Despite its criticism of

  3. The Shock and Vibration Bulletin. Part 4. Damping and Machinery Dynamics

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1983-05-01

    Y. S. Shin, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA and M. K. Chargin, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION BY...Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, and J. R. McGehee, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA ON THE MODAL... NASA Langley Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL Research Center, Hampton, VA Mr. R. E. Seely, Naval Weapons Handlinj Center. Earle, Colts

  4. (236)U and (239,)(240)Pu ratios from soils around an Australian nuclear weapons test site.

    PubMed

    Tims, S G; Froehlich, M B; Fifield, L K; Wallner, A; De Cesare, M

    2016-01-01

    The isotopes (236)U, (239)Pu and (240)Pu are present in surface soils as a result of global fallout from nuclear weapons tests carried out in the 1950's and 1960's. These isotopes potentially constitute artificial tracers of recent soil erosion and sediment movement. Only Accelerator Mass Spectrometry has the requisite sensitivity to measure all three isotopes at these environmental levels. Coupled with its relatively high throughput capabilities, this makes it feasible to conduct studies of erosion across the geographical extent of the Australian continent. In the Australian context, however, global fallout is not the only source of these isotopes. As part of its weapons development program the United Kingdom carried out a series of atmospheric and surface nuclear weapons tests at Maralinga, South Australia in 1956 and 1957. The tests have made a significant contribution to the Pu isotopic abundances present in the region around Maralinga and out to distances ∼1000 km, and impact on the assessment techniques used in the soil and sediment tracer studies. Quantification of the relative fallout contribution derived from detonations at Maralinga is complicated owing to significant contamination around the test site from numerous nuclear weapons safety trials that were also carried out around the site. We show that (236)U can provide new information on the component of the fallout that is derived from the local nuclear weapons tests, and highlight the potential of (236)U as a new fallout tracer. Crown Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  5. Why are U.S. nuclear weapon modernization efforts controversial?

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Acton, James

    2016-03-01

    U.S. nuclear weapon modernization programs are focused on extending the lives of existing warheads and developing new delivery vehicles to replace ageing bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and ballistic missile submarines. These efforts are contested and controversial. Some critics argue that they are largely unnecessary, financially wasteful and potentially destabilizing. Other critics posit that they do not go far enough and that nuclear weapons with new military capabilities are required. At its core, this debate centers on three strategic questions. First, what roles should nuclear weapons be assigned? Second, what military capabilities do nuclear weapons need to fulfill these roles? Third, how severe are the unintended escalation risks associated with particular systems? Proponents of scaled-down modernization efforts generally argue for reducing the role of nuclear weapons but also that, even under existing policy, new military capabilities are not required. They also tend to stress the escalation risks of new--and even some existing--capabilities. Proponents of enhanced modernization efforts tend to advocate for a more expansive role for nuclear weapons in national security strategy. They also often argue that nuclear deterrence would be enhanced by lower yield weapons and/or so called bunker busters able to destroy more deeply buried targets. The debate is further fueled by technical disagreements over many aspects of ongoing and proposed modernization efforts. Some of these disagreements--such as the need for warhead life extension programs and their necessary scope--are essentially impossible to resolve at the unclassified level. By contrast, unclassified analysis can help elucidate--though not answer--other questions, such as the potential value of bunker busters.

  6. Robust and Drain Resistant Lubricated Omniphobic Fabrics

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Kido, Cassidee; Damle, Viraj; Sun, Xiaoda; Roopesh, Ajay; Doudrick, Kyle; Rykaczewski, Konrad

    2014-11-01

    The implications of omniphobic fabrics range from stainproof clothing to civilian and military protection from chemical weapons. The challenge comes in developing a product that remains effective in repelling droplets of liquids with a wide range of surface tensions even after being subjected to various stimuli imposed by human use. Omniphobic fabrics can be made by infusing hydrophobic nanoparticle coated fibers with a low surface energy lubricant. These types of lubricant impregnated surfaces can shed large deposited droplets as well as condensed microdroplets of variety of low surface tension liquids. However, here we show that lubricated omniphobic fabrics can easily lose their properties due to degradation of the nanostructure coating or drainage of the lubricant upon contact with a porous surface. We also demonstrate that this issue can be resolved with use of cross-linked polymer coated fibers that are swollen with the lubricant. Use of flexible polymers avoids structure degradation due to fabric deformation, while swelling of the polymer with lubricant minimizes lubricant drainage upon contact maintaining the omniphobic characteristics of the fabric. KR acknowledges startup funding from ASU and collaborative effort with Dr. Tim Burgin and James R. Lee from Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.

  7. Laser induced damage in optical materials: twelfth ASTM symposium.

    PubMed

    Bennett, H E; Glass, A J; Guenther, A H; Newnam, B

    1981-09-01

    The twelfth annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers (Boulder Damage Symposium) was held at the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, Colorado, 30 Sept.-l Oct., 1980. The symposium was held under the auspices of ASTM Committee F-l, Subcommittee on Laser Standards, with the joint sponsorship of NBS, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Department of Energy, the Office of Naval Research, and the Air Force Office of Scientific research. Over 150 scientists attended the symposium, including representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Japan, and West Germany. The symposium was divided into sessions concerning materials and measurements, mirrors and surfaces, thin films, and finally fundamental mechanisms. As in previous years, the emphasis of the papers presented at the symposium was directed toward new frontiers and new developments. Particular emphasis was given to materials for high power systems. The wavelength range of prime interest was from 10.6 microm to the UV region. Highlights included surface characterization, thin film-substrate boundaries, and advances in fundamental laser-matter threshold interactions and mechanisms. The scaling of damage thresholds with pulse duration, focal area, and wavelength was discussed in detail. Harold E. Bennett of the Naval Weapons Center, Alexander J. Glass of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Arthur H. Guenther of the Air Force Weapons Laboratory, and Brian E. Newnam of the Los Alamos National Laboratory were cochairmen of the symposium. The thirteenth annual symposium is scheduled for 17-18 Nov. 1981 at the National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, Colorado.

  8. Epidemiological findings of major chemical attacks in the Syrian war are consistent with civilian targeting: a short report.

    PubMed

    Rodriguez-Llanes, Jose M; Guha-Sapir, Debarati; Schlüter, Benjamin-Samuel; Hicks, Madelyn Hsiao-Rei

    2018-01-01

    Evidence of use of toxic gas chemical weapons in the Syrian war has been reported by governmental and non-governmental international organizations since the war started in March 2011. To date, the profiles of victims of the largest chemical attacks in Syria remain unknown. In this study, we used descriptive epidemiological analysis to describe demographic characteristics of victims of the largest chemical weapons attacks in the Syrian war. We analysed conflict-related, direct deaths from chemical weapons recorded in non-government-controlled areas by the Violation Documentation Center, occurring from March 18, 2011 to April 10, 2017, with complete information on the victim's date and place of death, cause and demographic group. 'Major' chemical weapons events were defined as events causing ten or more direct deaths. As of April 10, 2017, a total of 1206 direct deaths meeting inclusion criteria were recorded in the dataset from all chemical weapons attacks regardless of size. Five major chemical weapons attacks caused 1084 of these documented deaths. Civilians comprised the majority ( n  = 1058, 97.6%) of direct deaths from major chemical weapons attacks in Syria and combatants comprised a minority of 2.4% ( n  = 26). In the first three major chemical weapons attacks, which occurred in 2013, children comprised 13%-14% of direct deaths, ranging in numbers from 2 deaths among 14 to 117 deaths among 923. Children comprised higher proportions of direct deaths in later major chemical weapons attacks, forming 21% ( n  = 7) of 33 deaths in the 2016 major attack and 34.8% ( n  = 32) of 92 deaths in the 2017 major attack. Our finding of an extreme disparity in direct deaths from major chemical weapons attacks in Syria, with 97.6% of victims being civilians and only 2.4% being combatants provides evidence that major chemical weapons attacks were indiscriminate or targeted civilians directly; both violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Identifying and quantifying chemical weapons violations requires inter-disciplinary collaboration to inform international policy, humanitarian intervention and legal action.

  9. Comparison of Bite Registration Material Accuracy on in office Laser Scanned Digital Model Occlusion

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-05-20

    School/Department/Center: Two Year Advanced Education in General Dentistry . Fort Bragg,NC 4. Phone:910-429-6626 5. Type of clearance: _X_Paper...Date: 11.~ l~ 4. Higher approval clearance required (for University-, DoD- or US Gov’t-level policy, communication systems or weapons issues review...or US Gov’t-level policy, communications systems or weapons issues review). *Note: It is DoD policy that clearance of information or material

  10. The Anatomy of Terrorism and Political Violence in South Asia Proceedings of the First Bi-Annual International Symposium of the Center for Asian Terrorism Research (CATR) October 19-21, 2005, Denpensar, Bali, Indonesia

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2006-05-01

    terrorist organizations in South and Southeast Asia including finances , training, and transfer of weapons expertise and technology; S-3 2. How...to their government or its policies; 2) the role of national and ethnic diasporas in fomenting, financing , popularizing separatist and building...links between terrorist organizations in South and Southeast Asia including finances , training, and transfer of weapons expertise and technology; 2

  11. Environmental Assessment: Addressing Construction Projects at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-07-01

    Aeronautical Research Center missile site (Site 5), JP-4 tank truck spill (Site 7) at the eastern end of Taxiway A, Building 202 Drum Storage Yard (Site...BNOISE2. BNOISE2 was developed by the . U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory for the Operational Noise to assess large arms weapons...was estimated using the OneShot component of BNOISE2. Per AR 200-1, if there are multiple weapon types fired from one location, the single-event

  12. Thermal Weapon Sight (TWS) AN/PAS-13 diffractive optics designed for producibility

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Anderson, J. Steven; Chen, Chungte W.; Spande, Robert A.

    1993-01-01

    The Thermal Weapon Sight (TWS) program is a manportable 3-5 micrometer forward-looking-infrared (FLIR) rifle sight. The manportable nature requires that the optics modules be lightweight, low cost and compact while maximizing performance. These objectives were met with diffractive optics. TWS promises to be the first FLIR sensor to incorporate kinoform surfaces in full scale production.

  13. The VISA Center: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration Serving Students Suspended from School for Violent or Aggressive Behavior, Substance Abuse, or Weapons Possession

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Shulman, Lawrence; Maguin, Eugene

    2017-01-01

    The University at Buffalo School of Social Work established the VISA Center (the acronym stands for "vision, integrity, service, and accountability") in collaboration with the school district of Buffalo, New York. With funding from the New York State Education Department, a university on-campus center was set up to serve 30 students at a…

  14. A safe model for creating blunt and penetrating ballistic injury.

    PubMed

    Graeber, G M; Belville, W D; Sepulveda, R A

    1981-06-01

    Minor modification of an existing readily available captive projectile weapon system has allowed development of a safe model for studying both penetrating ballistic and blunt tissue injury. A captive projectile weapon (defined as a firearm in which the projectile does not leave the weapon and in which the external wounding range is very limited) diminishes greatly the possibility of injury to personnel while it allows a high degree of reproducibility. The system has three parts: the pistol (wt 1.3 kg), a stainless steel stand, and a rack for holding the organ to be injured. It has been used 14 times in developing a canine model for the study of penetrating ballistic renal injury. When a 2 grain, .22 caliber charge is fired in the weapon, the .45 caliber captive projectile travels 7.5 cm and penetrates the kidney completely. The kinetic energy available for transfer from the projectile to the kidney and renal vessels totals 211 joules, which is comparable to the kinetic energy of projectiles for many law enforcement sidearms at 45.72 meters (50 yards) from the muzzle of the weapon. Comparison of the wounds showed complete reproducibility of injury (100%) over all 14 subjects [Entrance wound greater than or equal to .45 caliber (100%). Exit wound greater than or equal to .45 caliber (100%). Complete penetration (100%)]. This weapon system can be modified to duplicate the injury created by missiles from many small arms by modifying the captive projectile and/or the charge. Changing the leading surface of the captive projectile allows delivery of the energy over a broad surface such that blunt injuries can be simulated.

  15. Center for Nondestructive Evaluation - Center for Nondestructive Evaluation

    Science.gov Websites

    available for the full range of inspection methods, housed in a 52,000 sq. ft. facility with over $5M in - 1990): Development of NDE methods for application to DOE energy and weapons programs, including multi for enhanced frequency bandwidth and improved flaw reconstruction, and novel methods for poling

  16. Systems Architectures for a Tactical Naval Command and Control System

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-03-01

    Supplement TST Time-sensitive Targeting TTP Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures WTP Weapons-target pairing xix GLOSSARY Analysis...target pairings ( WTPs ) and are presented to OTC [a]. 24. OTC conducts risk assessment of engagement options [a]. 25. OTC orders confirmed surface...engagement options are generated through weapon- target pairings ( WTPs ) and are presented to OTC [a]. 24. OTC conducts risk assessment of engagement

  17. Generation of Aerodynamics Via Physics-Based Virtual Flight Simulations

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2008-12-01

    problems associated with projectile and missile aerodynamics. For maneuvering munitions, the effect of many new weapon control mechanisms being...dynamic simulation. The terms containing YPAC constitute the Magnus air load acting at the Magnus center of pressure while the terms containing 0 2...an unsteady aerodynamic moment along with terms due to the fact that the center of pressure and center of Magnus are not located at the mass

  18. A Moratorium in Name Only

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Daleus, Lennart

    1975-01-01

    A nationwide debate occurred in Sweden concerning their nuclear power program. The debate centered on safety, waste management, and use of weapons-grade material. Parliament voted for nuclear power despite negative public opinion. (MR)

  19. A Medical Center Network for Optimized Lung Cancer Biospecimen Banking

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-10-01

    Y N 0.519 60 70 5 2 2 1.620 2 0.250 2 Yes - Current Smoker AF Jet fuel , Second-hand smoke Jet fuel , Second-hand smoke S0018 Squamous Cell...Second-hand smoke Second-hand smoke S0028 Squamous Cell Carcinoma Stage IIIB N N No - Quit Smoking 150 AF Jet fuel , Nuclear weapons, Second-hand... Jet fuel , Nuclear weapons, Second-hand S0029 Squamous Cell Carcinoma Stage IIA Y N 0.06 100 40 0 1 3 .571 1 8 .043 1 No - Quit Smoking AR Second

  20. Spectrophotometer-Based Color Measurements

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-10-24

    public release; distribution is unlimited. AD U.S. ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH , DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER Weapons and Software Engineering Center...for public release; distribution is unlimited. UNCLASSIFIED i CONTENTS Page Summary 1 Introduction 1 Methods , Assumptions, and Procedures 1...Values for Federal Color Standards 15 Distribution List 25 TABLES 1 Instrument precision 3 2 Method precision and operator variability 4 3

  1. Proceedings of the 1985 Annual DTIC (Defense Technical Information Center) Users Conference Held in Alexandria, Virginia on 23-25 October 1985

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1985-10-01

    Donovan Space Communications Company 1300 Quince Orchard Boulevard Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Joyce H. Deegan Rockwell International Corporation 1200 N...J. P. Norton Engineered Air Systems 1270 N. Price Road St. Louis, MO 63132 Craig L. Pelz Naval Weapons Center Information Services Branch Code

  2. Learner-Centered Instruction (LCI). Volume 5. Description of the Job Performance Test.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Pieper, William J.; And Others

    An account is presented of the development of a job performance test for the Learner Centered Instruction (LCI) weapon control systems mechanic/technician Air Force course. The performance test was administered to the LCI experimental course subjects as well as the control course subjects upon graduation. Test items are, for the most part, based…

  3. Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-10-21

    surface ships to defend themselves against enemy missiles—solid state lasers (SSLs), the electromagnetic railgun (EMRG), and the hypervelocity...SSLs), the electromagnetic railgun (EMRG), and the hypervelocity projectile (HVP). 1 Any one of these new weapon technologies, if successfully...Integrated Mount For Electromagnetic Railgun,” Inside the Navy, July 31, 2015.) 12 Sources for cost of HVP: David Martin, “Navy’s Newest Weapon Kills at

  4. Method and apparatus for selective capture of gas phase analytes using metal .beta.-diketonate polymers

    DOEpatents

    Harvey, Scott D [Kennewick, WA

    2011-06-21

    A process and sensor device are disclosed that employ metal .beta.-diketonate polymers to selectively capture gas-phase explosives and weaponized chemical agents in a sampling area or volume. The metal .beta.-diketonate polymers can be applied to surfaces in various analytical formats for detection of: improvised explosive devices, unexploded ordinance, munitions hidden in cargo holds, explosives, and chemical weapons in public areas.

  5. The U.S. Air Force Transformation Flight Plan

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2003-11-01

    at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. Reserve Associate and Active Associate units have proven that this concept works and benef its the Active and...munitions manufactured from nano-particles, whose virtually all-surface structure yields unprecedented “burn-rates” (extreme explosiveness), promise far...systems for a common operating system, and a suite of remotely operated sensors, weapons, and robotics . Also included are a group of non-lethal weapon

  6. Laser induced damage in optical materials: eleventh ASTM symposium.

    PubMed

    Bennett, H E; Glass, A J; Guenther, A H; Newnam, B

    1980-07-15

    The eleventh Symposium on Optical Materials for High-Power Lasers (Boulder Damage Symposium) was held at the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, Colorado, 30-31 October 1979. The symposium was held under the auspices of ASTM Committee F-1, Subcommittee on Laser Standards, with the joint sponsorship of NBS, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Department of Energy, and the Office of Naval Research. About 150 scientists attended the symposium, including representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Japan, West Germany, and Denmark. The symposium was divided into sessions concerning transparent optical materials and the measurement of their properties, mirrors and surfaces, thin film characteristics, thin film damage, considerations for high-power systems, and finally theory and breakdown. As in previous years, the emphasis of the papers presented at the symposium was directed toward new frontiers and new developments. Particular emphasis was given to materials for high-power apparatus. The wavelength range of prime interest was from 10.6 microm to the UV region. Highlights included surface characterization, thin film-substrate boundaries, and advances in fundamental laser-matter threshold interactions and mechanisms. The scaling of damage thresholds with pulse duration, focal area, and wavelength was discussed in detail. Harold E. Bennett of the Naval Weapons Center, Alexander J. Glass of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Arthur H. Guenther of the Air Force Weapons Laboratory, and Brian E. Newnam of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory were cochairpersons. The twelfth annual symposium is scheduled for 30 September-1 October 1980 at the National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, Colorado.

  7. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Hoffman, B.

    This report examines recent trends and future prospects of terrorism in the United States and assesses their implications for the possibility of a terrorist group attempting an act of nuclear terrorism involving either the theft of a weapons system or strategic nuclear material or an attack on a weapons facility. An emerging trend of ideologically motivated terrorism by groups espousing white supremacist and anti-federalist beliefs or opposing specific issues such as abortion has largely supplanted the ethnic centered violence that dominated earlier domestic terrorist activity. The threat to U.S. nuclear weapons facilities from unknown terrorist groups in this country cannotmore » be considered high at this time. There is no evidence to suggest that any of the organizations reviewed in this study have seriously contemplated a nuclear-related act, nor is there any indication that any group is poised to undertake such an attack in the future. Nevertheless, trends in the terrorist activities of certain groups must be considered in the context of possible operations directed against nuclear weapons sites. Members of these groups are considerably more skilled with weapons than are other terrorist in this country, they possess large stockpiles of sophisticated weapons, they are well trained guerrilla warfare and survival techniques, and they possess an apocalyptic vision of the future-factors that make them the most likely domestic terrorists to attempt an act of nuclear terrorism. In sum, while the volume of annual terrorist incidents in the United States is relatively small, the emerging trends merit intensive and continuing attention.« less

  8. US defense policy, US Air Force doctrine and strategic nuclear weapon systems, 1958-1964: the case of the Minuteman ICBM

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Reed, G.A.

    This study examines the efforts of the US Air Force during 1958-1964 to develop doctrine for strategic nuclear weapon systems. These years were characterized by rapid, extensive change in the technology of nuclear weapons delivery systems, centering in ICBMs replacing bombers as the chief vehicles. Simultaneously, national military strategy changed with the transfer of power from the Eisenhower to the Kennedy Administrations, shifting from reliance on overwhelming nuclear retaliation to emphasis on balanced conventional and nuclear forces. Against this background, the study poses the question: did the Air Force, when confronted with major changes in technology and national policy, developmore » doctrine for strategic nuclear weapon systems that was politically acceptable, technically feasible, and strategically sound. Using the development of the Minuteman ICBM as a case study, the study examines the evolution of Air Force doctrine and concludes that the Air Force did not, because of conceptual problems and bureaucratic exigencies, develop a doctrine adequate to the requirements of deterrence in the dawning era of solid-fuel ICBMs.« less

  9. A Modernization Plan for the Technical Data Department of the Naval Ships Weapon Systems Engineering Station

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1976-09-01

    technology has made possible the deployment of very sophisticated and highly capable weapon systems. Taking advantage of this technology has carried...3) Ancillary Equipment 208 Types Numerous Notes : 1. Number of ships with this system 2. Includes Tartar used only for surface capability 3. These...maintains the Configuration Item Identification File (CIIF) . The CIIF provides storage and retrieval capability for technical and logistics data specified on

  10. Handbook of Inviscid Sphere-Cone Flow Fields and Pressure Distributions. Volume 2

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1975-12-01

    r, ý I A ror) rv N Ay(T rfrFvTC. TP NTS I YrP/L VP/C YVfP/LV PN/Q0 *5c07 3 r 47 A ,Ir )6A S4 * ec; 445 AL?~ .R?; * 179 p 0 In -󈧻 C; C 3 c* t. 31 *i77...distribuion unlimited 3publJ NAVAL SURFACE WEAPONS CENTER WHITE OAK, SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND 20910 Ii REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE HAJNICIN ൒" 1~ A C t...SSION.. h I tFC 0 Fi~(0 OF INVI𔃿C1 rirr .g!n- TC< -P rF.FA"T,. JMFSSURF rTs’TR!PIP10N\\e- _____________ T~l t 6S PEROft..𔃿OlR5 EOT .I A CONTRPA:- r :; A

  11. Flying-qualities criteria for wings-level-turn maneuvering during an air-to-ground weapon delivery task

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Sammonds, R. I.; Bunnell, J. W., Jr.

    1980-01-01

    A moving-base simulator experiment conducted at Ames Research Center demonstrated that a wings-level-turn control mode improved flying qualities for air-to-ground weapons delivery compared with those of a conventional aircraft. Evaluations of criteria for dynamic response for this system have shown that pilot ratings correlate well on the basis of equivalent time constant of the initial response. Ranges of this time constant, as well as digital-system transport delays and lateral-acceleration control authorities that encompassed Level I through Level III handling qualities, were determined.

  12. Excess Weapons Plutonium Disposition: Plutonium Packaging, Storage and Transportation and Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Activities

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Jardine, L J; Borisov, G B

    2004-07-21

    A fifth annual Excess Weapons Plutonium Disposition meeting organized by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) was held February 16-18, 2004, at the State Education Center (SEC), 4 Aerodromnya Drive, St. Petersburg, Russia. The meeting discussed Excess Weapons Plutonium Disposition topics for which LLNL has the US Technical Lead Organization responsibilities. The technical areas discussed included Radioactive Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal, Plutonium Oxide and Plutonium Metal Packaging, Storage and Transportation and Spent Fuel Packaging, Storage and Transportation. The meeting was conducted with a conference format using technical presentations of papers with simultaneous translation into English and Russian. There were 46more » Russian attendees from 14 different Russian organizations and six non-Russian attendees, four from the US and two from France. Forty technical presentations were made. The meeting agenda is given in Appendix B and the attendance list is in Appendix C.« less

  13. Report of a workshop on nuclear forces and nonproliferation Woodrow Wilson international center for scholars, Washington, DC October 28, 2010

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    Pilat, Joseph F

    2010-12-08

    A workshop sponsored by the Los Alamos National Laboratory in cooperation with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars was held at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, on October 28, 2010. The workshop addressed evolving nuclear forces and their impacts on nonproliferation in the context of the new strategic environment, the Obama Administration's Nuclear Posture Review and the 2010 NPT Review Conference. The discussions reflected the importance of the NPR for defining the role of US nuclear forces in dealing with 21st century threats and providing guidance for National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Department of Defense (DoD) programsmore » and, for many but not all participants, highlighted its role in the successful outcome of the NPT RevCon. There was widespread support for the NPR and its role in developing the foundations for a sustainable nuclear-weapon program that addresses nuclear weapons, infrastructure and expertise in the broader nonproliferation, disarmament and international security contexts. However, some participants raised concerns about its implementation and its long-term effectiveness and sustainability.« less

  14. Infantry Weapons Test METHODOLOGY Study. Volume 2. Antitank Weapons Test Methodology

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    1972-01-17

    the event of a hit so located (e..g., on the treads) as to disable a tank. A - I 14 AtIjj’ LA...which disable the tank’s guns. Guided Missile - An unmanned vohicle moving above the surface of the earth, whose trajectory or flight path is capable...attitude and well-being. People can be classed according to a need to achievje and the characteristics displayed by high-need achievers and low-need

  15. Navy Aquatic Hazardous Waste Sites: The Problem and Possible Solutions

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    1989-08-01

    sensitive area. NEESA 13-013. Naval Weapons Station Concord , CA . This activity had 13 sites recommended for further study as having potential to impact the...also carry contaminants to the bay. NEESA 13-014. Naval Air Station Alameda, CA . Seven sites have the potential to impact San Francisco Bay. The West...addition, surface runoff may carry contaminants to the ponds or Kaneohe Bay. NEESA 13-040. Naval Weapons Station Charleston, SC. Four sites have the

  16. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Clark, T.H.

    The proliferation of surface-to-surface missiles (SSMs) and weapons of mass destruction has become one of the more serious security threats to post-Cold War peace. This dissertation examines the history of proliferation within the Middle East by focusing primarily on three trend-setting countries: Israel, Syria and Iran. Building on the theoretical framework established by Lewis A. Dunn and Herman Kahn, this dissertation examines why and how Israel, Syria and Iran have procured SSMs and weapons of mass destruction. The author also includes an analysis of tactical missile defenses and their impact on proliferation trends. The final section investigates the numerous armsmore » control treaties and supplier cartels designed to halt or slow the pace of unconventional weapons proliferation. In many instances, Iraq serves as the primary example of how well-intentioned nonproliferation efforts have fallen short. This dissertation reveals some of the major flaws in these regimes while proposing necessary improvements if nonproliferation efforts are to succeed. In conclusion, this dissertation returns to the expanded Dunn-Kahn nuclear proliferation model. By categorizing the various reasons as to why countries choose to procure unconventional weapons, a more successful nonproliferation policy can be constructed. However, this dissertation warns that without political solutions to long-term disputes in the region, western-imposed nonproliferation regimes will fail. Thus, nonproliferation policies must be accompanied or preceded by a vigorous diplomatic and political effort to solve seemingly intractable differences.« less

  17. Medical devices made into weapons by prisoners: an unrecognized risk.

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    Hayden, J W; Laney, C; Kellermann, A L

    1995-12-01

    The alteration of a knee immobilizer into a sharp weapon by a prisoner prompted us to survey neighboring penal institutions to determine the frequency of such events. We mailed a nine-item survey to all detention facilities in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. A second survey was sent to nonresponding institutions 6 weeks after the initial mailing. The Regional Medical Center at Memphis, the designated facility for evaluation and treatment of prisoners from the county jail and state penitentiary. Survey respondents included 25 state penitentiaries, 31 county jails, 1 state minimum-security facility, 1 state maximum-security facility, 1 work-release center, 1 county detention center for drunken-driving offenders, and 1 federal penitentiary. Of the 81 institutions surveyed, 77% responded to one of the two mailings. Forty percent responded in the affirmative when asked whether stolen or unauthorized medical equipment from outside their institutions had been discovered among inmates. When respondents were questioned as to whether medical equipment, prescribed or not, had been used or altered in a criminal manner, 34% responded "yes." Medications and medical appliances were listed in the responses. A survey of 81 local and neighboring penal institutions in a three-state area revealed that the illicit use of medicine and medical devices by prisoners is a legitimate safety concern of prison personnel and health care workers when medical care for inmates must be sought outside the security of their institutions. The modification of medical equipment into weapons by incarcerated patients, although clearly recognized as a security and safety problem by police authorities, appears to be unappreciated by health care workers providing episodic care to inmates.

  18. Atlas/State Data Abstract for the United States, Fiscal Year 1985

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    1985-01-01

    SHIPYARD ~STATION JIM CREEK ( PUGET SOUND , NS PUG ET SOUN IPKA NAVAL HOSPITAL SPKAE NAVAL WLJNAVAL STATION * ~SUBMARINE BASE SATL STRATEGIC WEAPONS...14 X X Naval Supply Center, Puget Sound , Bremerton, WA ............. 52 X X Naval Supply Center, San Diego, CA...the Individual Ready Reserve and the Inactive, National Guard, These personnel are distributed by state according to their home of residence . Coast

  19. Preparation and Properties of the System Cr2-xRhxo3(2 or = x or =0).

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    1988-01-26

    Bernard Ocuda INaval We.ioons Center , n~o or v.€,,*,Naval Weapons Support Center Attn: r. Pon Atkins , Nh.0. S * ovqb$ royl eo s rcft Lao rat’ oy Code...8217;ience Folidation. REFERENCES 1. D. D. Khanolkar, Current Science 30 (2), (1961), 52. 2. I. S. Shaplygin. 1. 1. Prosychev, V. B. Lazarev (Zh. Neora. Khim

  20. Case Study of the Application of the Weapon System Warranty on the C-130 Program.

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    1986-09-01

    31 Appendix A: Air Force Contract Law Center Suggested Systems Level Warranty Clauses . . . . . 33 Appendix B: Original C-130 Warranty ClauseCs...avoidance and still protect the government’s interest can work. vii This study recommends that the Department of Defense use the Air Force Contract Law Center’s...would have had the potential For allowing Lockheed to void a system level warranty had one been in effect such as the Air Force Contract Law Center’s

  1. Human-Centered Technology for Maintainability: Workshop Proceedings

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    1991-06-01

    INT E RNAL) POPLITEAL STATION-ANKLE JOINT-- -* A (LOCATOR) AFTANKLE .... -. REANKLE ANKLE JOINT HT., STANDING---... - , FOREFOOT AFTFOOT...to strike down missile containers in the weapons elevator nwd stack them within the confines of the magazine. 259 Mechanized support equipment models

  2. Sandia National Laboratories: Sandia National Laboratories: Missions:

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    ; Security Weapons Science & Technology Defense Systems & Assessments About Defense Systems & ; Development Technology Deployment Centers Working With Sandia Working With Sandia Prospective Suppliers What Information Construction & Facilities Contract Audit Sandia's Economic Impact Licensing & Technology

  3. Sandia National Laboratories: National Security Missions: International

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    ; Security Weapons Science & Technology Defense Systems & Assessments About Defense Systems & ; Development Technology Deployment Centers Working With Sandia Working With Sandia Prospective Suppliers What Information Construction & Facilities Contract Audit Sandia's Economic Impact Licensing & Technology

  4. Sandia National Laboratories: National Security Missions: International

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    Programs Environmental Responsibility Environmental Management System Pollution Prevention History 60 ; Security Weapons Science & Technology Defense Systems & Assessments About Defense Systems & ; Development Technology Deployment Centers Working With Sandia Working With Sandia Prospective Suppliers What

  5. Collaborative care intervention targeting violence risk behaviors, substance use, and posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms in injured adolescents: a randomized clinical trial.

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    Zatzick, Douglas; Russo, Joan; Lord, Sarah Peregrine; Varley, Christopher; Wang, Jin; Berliner, Lucy; Jurkovich, Gregory; Whiteside, Lauren K; O'Connor, Stephen; Rivara, Frederick P

    2014-06-01

    Violence and injury risk behaviors, alcohol and drug use problems, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms occur frequently among adolescents presenting to acute care medical settings after traumatic physical injury. To test the effectiveness of a stepped collaborative care intervention targeting this constellation of risk behaviors and symptoms in randomly sampled hospitalized adolescents with and without traumatic brain injury. A pragmatic randomized clinical trial was conducted at a single US level I trauma center. Participants included 120 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years randomized to intervention (n = 59) and control (n = 61) conditions. Stepped collaborative care intervention included motivational interviewing elements targeting risk behaviors and substance use as well as medication and cognitive behavioral therapy elements targeting PTSD and depressive symptoms. Adolescents were assessed at baseline before randomization and 2, 5, and 12 months after injury hospitalization. Standardized instruments were used to assess violence risk behaviors, alcohol and drug use, and PTSD and depressive symptoms. The investigation attained more than 95% adolescent follow-up at each assessment point. At baseline, approximately one-third of the participants endorsed the violence risk behavior of carrying a weapon. Regression analyses demonstrated that intervention patients experienced significant reductions in weapon carrying compared with controls during the year after injury (group × time effect, F3,344 = 3.0; P = .03). At 12 months after the injury, 4 (7.3%) intervention patients vs 13 (21.3%) control patients reported currently carrying a weapon (relative risk, 0.31; 95% CI, 0.11-0.90). The intervention was equally effective in reducing the risk of weapon carrying among injured adolescents with and without traumatic brain injury. Other treatment targets, including alcohol and drug use problems and high levels of PTSD and depressive symptoms, occurred less frequently in the cohort relative to weapon carrying and were not significantly affected by the intervention. Collaborative care intervention reduced the risk of adolescent weapon carrying during the year after the injury hospitalization. Future investigation should replicate this preliminary observation. If the finding is replicated, orchestrated investigative and policy efforts could systematically implement and evaluate screening and intervention procedures targeting youth violence prevention at US trauma centers. clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT00619255.

  6. A New Approach to Ballistic Missile Defense for Countering Antiaccess/Area-Denial Threats from Precision-Guided Weapons

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2013-04-01

    performance esti- mates. Four notional developments of the PAA surrogate were mod- eled , with burnout velocities of 5 km/second and 6 km/second (40...his weapon on the intended target. Interceptor Models The notional baseline surface-launch interceptor was modeled with 3.5 km/second burnout ...agility. The AWL upper-tier interceptor was modeled, based on employment from an F-35A.11 In general the upper-tier interceptor has a burnout

  7. Navy Acquisition: Development of the AN/BSY-1 Combat System

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1992-01-01

    AN/BSY-1, a computer-based combat system, is designed to detect, classify, track, and launch weapons at enemy surface, subsurface, and land targets. The Navy expects the AN/BSY-1 system to locate targets sooner than previous systems, allow operators to perform multiple tasks and address multiple targets concurrently, and reduce the time between detecting a target and launching weapons. The Navy has contracted with the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation for 23 AN/BSY-1 systems, maintenance and operational trainers, and a software

  8. U.S. Air Force Radiation in Space experiment for Gemini 6 flight

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    1965-12-10

    S65-58941 (27 Aug. 1965) --- U.S. Air Force Weapons Laboratory D-8 (Radiation in Space) experiment for Gemini-6 spaceflight. Kennedy Space Center alternative photo number is 104-KSC-65C-5533. Photo credit: NASA

  9. Nuclear Weapons R&D Organiziations in Nine Nations

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-03-16

    Sorek (alternative transliteration: Soreq) south of Tel Aviv and at the larger Center for Nuclear Research in the Negev south of Dimona. According to...Utilization Institute; (7) Neutron Physics Institute; (8) Reactor Design Institute; (9) Nuclear Electromagnetics Institute; (10) Radiation Protection

  10. Nuclear Weapons R&D Organizations in Nine Nations

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-03-16

    Sorek (alternative transliteration: Soreq) south of Tel Aviv and at the larger Center for Nuclear Research in the Negev south of Dimona. According to...Utilization Institute; (7) Neutron Physics Institute; (8) Reactor Design Institute; (9) Nuclear Electromagnetics Institute; (10) Radiation Protection

  11. Controlled research utilizing a basic all-metal detector in the search for buried firearms and miscellaneous weapons.

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    Rezos, Mary M; Schultz, John J; Murdock, Ronald A; Smith, Stephen A

    2010-02-25

    Incorporating geophysical technologies into forensic investigations has become a growing practice. Oftentimes, forensic professionals rely on basic metal detectors to assist their efforts during metallic weapons searches. This has created a need for controlled research in the area of weapons searches, specifically to formulate guidelines for geophysical methods that may be appropriate for locating weapons that have been discarded or buried by criminals attempting to conceal their involvement in a crime. Controlled research allows not only for testing of geophysical equipment, but also for updating search methodologies. This research project was designed to demonstrate the utility of an all-metal detector for locating a buried metallic weapon through detecting and identifying specific types of buried metal targets. Controlled testing of 32 buried targets which represented a variety of sizes and metallic compositions included 16 decommissioned street-level firearms, 6 pieces of assorted scrap metals, and 10 blunt or bladed weapons. While all forensic targets included in the project were detected with the basic all-metal detector, the size of the weapon and surface area were the two variables that affected maximum depth of detection, particularly with the firearm sample. For example, when using a High setting the largest firearms were detected at a maximum depth of 55 cm, but the majority of the remaining targets were only detected at a maximum depth of 40 cm or less. Overall, the all-metal detector proved to be a very good general purpose metal detector best suited for detecting metallic items at shallow depths. 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

  12. 78 FR 26586 - Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Precision Strike Weapon and Air-to-Surface Gunnery Training...

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    ...; and (2) the small diameter bomb (SDB) (GBU-39/B), which result in underwater detonations of up to... after contact with the surface of the water. The SDB is a GPS-guided bomb that can be carried and...

  13. 15 CFR 710.1 - Definitions of terms used in the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR).

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    2014-01-01

    ...) Administration and other offices; (2) Repair and maintenance shops; (3) Medical center; (4) Utilities; (5... section 3(b) of the Maritime Drug Enforcement Act, as amended (section 1903(b) of Title 46 App. of the...

  14. 15 CFR 710.1 - Definitions of terms used in the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR).

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    2012-01-01

    ...) Administration and other offices; (2) Repair and maintenance shops; (3) Medical center; (4) Utilities; (5... section 3(b) of the Maritime Drug Enforcement Act, as amended (section 1903(b) of Title 46 App. of the...

  15. 15 CFR 710.1 - Definitions of terms used in the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR).

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    2013-01-01

    ...) Administration and other offices; (2) Repair and maintenance shops; (3) Medical center; (4) Utilities; (5... section 3(b) of the Maritime Drug Enforcement Act, as amended (section 1903(b) of Title 46 App. of the...

  16. 15 CFR 710.1 - Definitions of terms used in the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR).

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    2011-01-01

    ...) Administration and other offices; (2) Repair and maintenance shops; (3) Medical center; (4) Utilities; (5... section 3(b) of the Maritime Drug Enforcement Act, as amended (section 1903(b) of Title 46 App. of the...

  17. Sandia National Laboratories: National Security Missions: Nuclear Weapons

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    Technology Partnerships Business, Industry, & Non-Profits Government Universities Center for Development Agreement (CRADA) Strategic Partnership Projects, Non-Federal Entity (SPP/NFE) Agreements New , in which fundamental science, computer models, and unique experimental facilities come together so

  18. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Miller, A.J.

    The author concludes that it is probable that unconventional weapons and their associated delivery systems will form a permanent part of future political and strategic calculations in the Middle East. Some possible consequences of this situation can be divided into three classes: intra-regional, inter-regional and extra-regional. There is no doubt that Israel, driven by the need for security,precipitated the proliferation of unconventional weapons and of surface-to-surface missiles in the Middle East. It will now be driven to secure itself from the new threat to its security posed by its regional opponents. The most significant extra-regional consequence of developments in themore » Middle East may be further complication of great power arms control negotiations. To the re-discovery by the United States and the Soviet Union of their obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty to reduce the level of their nuclear weapons must now be added the desire to reduce, if not entirely eliminate, their chemical weapons stockpiles in advance of a global ban. It is possible that lesser powers will learn from the evidence of the great powers behavior, although that contradicts much of what we know of the psychology of decision making in international politics. What is necessary, though not necessarily sufficient, is that the U.S. and the USSR as the two external powers with potentially the greatest leverage, work together toward the resolution of the underlying causes of conflict in a region marked by more than a generation of competition between them.« less

  19. Abramovo Counterterrorism Training Center

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    Hayes, Christopher M; Ross, Larry; Lingenfelter, Forrest E

    2011-01-01

    The U.S. government has been assisting the Russian Federation (RF) Ministry of Defense (MOD) for many years with nuclear weapons transportation security (NWTS) through the provision of specialized guard escort railcars and cargo railcars with integrated physical security and communication systems, armored transport vehicles, and armored escort vehicles. As a natural continuation of the NWTS program, a partnership has been formed to construct a training center that will provide counterterrorism training to personnel in all branches of the RF MOD. The Abramovo Counterterrorism Training Center (ACTC) is a multinational, multiagency project with funding from Canada, RF and the U.S. Departmentsmore » of Defense and Energy. ACTC will be a facility where MOD personnel can conduct basic through advanced training in various security measures to protect Category IA material against the threat of terrorist attack. The training will enhance defense-in-depth principles by integrating MOD guard force personnel into the overall physical protection systems and improving their overall response time and neutralization capabilities. The ACTC project includes infrastructure improvements, renovation of existing buildings, construction of new buildings, construction of new training facilities, and provision of training and other equipment. Classroom training will be conducted in a renovated training building. Basic and intermediate training will be conducted on three different security training areas where various obstacles and static training devices will be constructed. The central element of ACTC, where advanced training will be held, is the 'autodrome,' a 3 km road along which various terrorist events can be staged to challenge MOD personnel in realistic and dynamic nuclear weapons transportation scenarios. This paper will address the ACTC project elements and the vision for training development and integrating this training into actual nuclear weapons transportation operations.« less

  20. Quarterly technical progress report, February 1, 1996--April 30, 1996

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    NONE

    This report from the Amarillo National REsource Center for PLutonium provides research highlights and provides information regarding the public dissemination of information. The center is a a scientific resource for information regarding the issues of the storage, disposition, potential utilization and transport of plutonium, high explosives, and other hazardous materials generated from nuclear weapons dismantlement. The center responds to informational needs and interpretation of technical and scientific data raised by interested parties and advisory groups. Also, research efforts are carried out on remedial action programs and biological/agricultural studies.

  1. 77 FR 38595 - Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Precision Strike Weapon and Air-to-Surface Gunnery Training...

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    ... A and B; and (2) the small diameter bomb (SDB) (GBU-39/B), which result in underwater detonations of... after contact with the surface of the water. The SDB is a GPS-guided bomb that can be carried and...

  2. New insights on the wooden weapons from the Paleolithic site of Schöningen.

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    Schoch, Werner H; Bigga, Gerlinde; Böhner, Utz; Richter, Pascale; Terberger, Thomas

    2015-12-01

    The Paleolithic site of Schöningen is famous for the earliest known, completely preserved wooden weapons. Here we present recent results of an ongoing analysis of the nine spears, one lance, a double pointed stick, and a burnt stick dating to the Holsteinian, c. 300 kyr. Macroscopic and microscopic analyses, as well as studies of thin sections, contribute to a better understanding of the manufacture of the wooden weapons. They were deposited in organic sediments at a former lakeshore among numerous bones of butchered horses. In general, the spears are extremely well-preserved and show no or little sign of taphonomic alteration, although some of the weapons are broken and parts were slightly moved, probably by water action. The excellent preservation conditions provide considerable information on the operational sequence of production. The hunters selected thin trunks of spruce or pine and initially stripped off the bark. Traces of cutting, scraping, and smoothing can be observed on the spear surfaces in detail. In the case of spear X, repeated use of the weapon is implied by re-sharpening of the tip. Analyses of wood anatomy provide information on climatic conditions and contribute to the better understanding of the development of the site. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  3. Long Cycle Life Secondary Lithium Cells Utilizing Tetrahydrofuran.

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    1984-04-01

    Rosenwasser) Code RD-I Washington, D.C. 20360 Washington, D.C. 20380 Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory 1 Dean William Tolles Attn: Dr. R. W. Drisko...Ocean Systems Center 11 apel Street San Diego, California 92152 wton, Massachusetts 02158 Dr. J. J. Auborn Dr. Adam Heller Bell Laboratories Bell...University Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Evanston, Illinois 60201 Dr. William Ayers Dr. Aaron Fletcher ECD Inc. Naval Weapons Center P.O. Box 5357 Code

  4. Biocatalytic nerve agent detoxification in fire fighting foams.

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    LeJeune, K E; Russell, A J

    1999-03-20

    Current events across the globe necessitate rapid technological advances to combat the epidemic of nerve agent chemical weapons. Biocatalysis has emerged as a viable tool in the detoxification of organophosphorus neurotoxins, such as the chemical weapons VX and sarin. Efficient detoxification of contaminated equipment, machinery, and soils are of principal concern. This study describes the incorporation of a biocatalyst (organophosphorus hydrolase, E.C. 3.1.8.1) into conventional formulations of fire fighting foam. The capacity of fire fighting foams to decrease volatilization of contained contaminants, increase surface wettability, and control the rate of enzyme delivery to large areas makes them useful vehicles for enzyme application at surfaces. The performance of enzyme containing foams has been shown to be not only reproducible but also predictable. An empirical model provides reasonable estimations for the amounts of achievable surface decontamination as a function of the important parameters of the system. Theoretical modeling illustrates that the enzyme-containing foam is capable of extracting agent from the surface and is catalytically active at the foam-surface interface and throughout the foam itself. Biocatalytic foam has proven to be an effective, "environmentally friendly" means of surface and soil decontamination.

  5. RTO Technical Publications: A Quarterly Listing

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    2004-01-01

    This is a listing of recent unclassified RTO technical publications processed by the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information. Contents include the following: RTO Technical Publications: A Quarterly Listing. Implications of Multilingual Interoperability of Speech Technology for Military Use. Non-Lethal Weapons and Future Peace Enforcement Operations.

  6. The Soviet Soldier - Premilitary and Political Training.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1982-01-01

    practice in firing these weapons. Finally, he acquires kowledge and skill in a particular military-technical specialty - as a motor vehicle driver... Power and Performnce, Hamden, Conn.: Shoe String Press, Inc., 1979 Flyagin, A. P., "Patriotic Indoctrination Is The Center of Attention", Sovetskiy

  7. The Neophyte Female Delinquent: A Review of the Literature.

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    Calhoun, George; And Others

    1993-01-01

    Notes recent escalation of incidence of female delinquency in armed robbery, gang activity, drug trafficking, burglary, weapons possession, aggravated assault, and prostitution. Notes research on etiology centering around dysfunctional families, victimization, aggression, neglect, rejection, physical and sexual abuse, self-perception, gender role,…

  8. Development of a low-cost, unmanned surface vehicle for military applications

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    Cadena, A.

    2012-06-01

    This paper describes the development of an USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle) prototype that serves as an educational platform and can be use for coastal patrol and operations in the jungle. The USV length is less than 2 m and range of 5000 m. It's composed by the following modules: propulsion, power, motor driver, CPU, sensor suite, camera system, communication and weapon system. The weapon system is formed by an experimental assault rifle and a rocket launcher with a fire control system. The assault rifle haven't got mechanical moving parts, the bullets (7.62x51mm round) are electronically ignited. The CPU is an FPGA development kit. The USV can be operate in remote mode or fully autonomous. Results of some systems from laboratory and sea trials are show.

  9. [The possibilities for the expert diagnostics of the influence of the glance of a bullet on the character of the injuries inflicted by shooting a hunting weapon].

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    Makarov, I Yu; Galkina, A M; Kinle, A F; Fetisov, V A

    The objective of the present work was to study and analyze the available data concerning the influence of the glance of a bullet on the character of the injuries inflicted by shooting certain types of hunting weapons. This review gives evidence of the possibility of the objective diagnostics of the injuries inflicted by gunshots using the rifle-bore weapons. However, we have failed to find information about the diagnostic criteria for the evaluation of the wounds inflicted by the bullets shot from smooth-bore hunting rifles after their glance from various surfaces in the available special literature publications. Such situation creates the prerequisites for the erroneous conclusions from the results of forensic medical expertise of the after-penetration blunt wounds.

  10. Laser Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 1980.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1981-10-01

    is used to describe microplastic strain resulting from short duration loading, and the term microcreep refers to time dependent strains of small...effectively, and the maximum temperature rise will thus be at the Work supported by Naval Sea Systems Command, PflS-405, and Naval Weapons Center

  11. Fabrication Studies of Ternary Rare Earth Sulfides for Infrared Applications.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1982-05-01

    crystal growth by vapor transport. The objective was to achieve small , high purity, theoretically dense crystals for optical property characterization...Weapons Center White Oak Silver Spring MD 20910 Dr. S. Musikant General Electric Co - RESD 3198 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PA 19101 Dr. W. White

  12. 78 FR 38693 - Submission for OMB review; comment request

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    ..., including weapons systems critical to the national defense. Affected Public: Business or other For-Profit, and Not-For-Profit institutions. Frequency: On occasion. Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary. OMB Desk... Information Management Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100...

  13. Application of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Aircraft Survivability.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1985-12-01

    may be as smooth and effective as possible. 3. Fully Automatic Digital Engine Control ( FADEC ) Under development at the Naval Weapons Center, a major...goal of the FADEC program is to significantly reduce engine vulnerability by fully automating the regulation of engine controls. Given a thrust

  14. A Requirements Analysis for Primary Care at Womack Army Medical Center

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2006-06-16

    posed by threats such as weapons of mass destruction and terrorism (Army Transformation Plan, 2001). The Army Transformation Plan revising European...Health Systems Specialist for Clark Health Clinic, Expansion Plan 14 personal comunication , May 2006) . Robinson Health Clinic supports the 8 2 nd

  15. Spinal cord injuries due to close combat weapons.

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    Fares, Youssef H; Fares, Jawad Y; Gebeily, Souheil E; Khazim, Rabi M

    2013-10-01

    A 17-year-old patient was aggressively attacked and stabbed in the dorsal region of his back by a knife. He was admitted to the emergency room of the Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center, Saida, Lebanon lying in the prone position. The neurological examination revealed that the stabbing object was fixed at the dorsal spine level at the T-7 level, where it was inserted inside the vertebral body. Luckily, the blade of the knife was parallel to the nervous tracts of the spinal cord; thus, he showed no neurological deficits. This case provides an overview of how neurosurgical principles can be applied to trauma patients with spine injuries due to close combat weapons.

  16. Biological Effects of Directed Energy

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    Dayton, Thomas; Beason, Charles; Hitt, M. K.; Rogers, Walter; Cook, Michael

    2002-11-01

    This Final Report summarizes the biological effects research conducted by Veridian Engineering personnel under contract F41624-96-C-9009 in support of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Radio Frequency Radiation Branch from April 1997 to April 2002. Biological effects research and consultation were provided in five major areas: Active Denial System (also known as Vehicle Mounted Active Denial System), radio frequency radiation (RFR) health and safety, non-lethal weapon biological effects research, the newly formed Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Human Effects Center of Excellence, and Biotechnology. The report is organized by research efforts within the major research areas, providing title, objective, a brief description, relevance to the AF or DoD, funding, and products.

  17. U.S. national response assets for radiological incidents.

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    Remick, Alan L; Crapo, John L; Woodruff, Charles R

    2005-11-01

    The federal government has had the ability to respond to incidents of national significance for decades. Since 11 September 2001, there have been enhancements to existing federal assets and the creation of new federal assets. This presentation will provide an overview of the more significant federal assets. Pivotal to a response of national significance is the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center, which organizes and coordinates federal agency monitoring activities during an emergency. DOE manages the Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center during the emergency phase, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) manages the response during the recovery phase once the emergency is terminated. EPA monitoring teams provide support during both the emergency and recovery phases of an emergency. Other DOE teams are available to respond to major nuclear power plant events, transportation accidents, or terrorism events involving the use of radiological materials, including the Radiological Assistance Program, the Aerial Measuring System, the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center, and the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site. For incidents involving a nuclear weapon, an improvised nuclear device, or a radiological dispersal device, DOE assets such as the Nuclear Emergency Support Team and the Accident Response Group could provide capabilities for weapon or device search, recovery, and removal. The Radiological Triage System harnesses the weapons scientists and engineers at the DOE national laboratories to provide gamma spectroscopy interpretation for agencies responding to an incident. In recent years, National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Teams have been created to support state and local response to terrorism events. The Civil Support Teams normally come under direct control of the state and can respond without requiring authorization from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Changes brought about by the events of September 11 also extend to changing federal response policy and planning. Therefore, the Catastrophic Incident Response Annex to the National Response Plan is discussed. DoD also provides specifically designated radiological response capabilities that can be utilized within the guidelines of the National Response Plan. While optimally designed to support military missions, these resources also help provide for a well-equipped set of national assets to temporarily support and augment the local, state, and federal civil agencies that have primary authority and responsibility for domestic disaster assistance. The military's role in domestic emergencies is well defined in military regulations, as well as the national plan.

  18. Atmospheric effects and societal consequences of regional scale nuclear conflicts and acts of individual nuclear terrorism

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    Toon, O. B.; Turco, R. P.; Robock, A.; Bardeen, C.; Oman, L.; Stenchikov, G. L.

    2007-04-01

    We assess the potential damage and smoke production associated with the detonation of small nuclear weapons in modern megacities. While the number of nuclear warheads in the world has fallen by about a factor of three since its peak in 1986, the number of nuclear weapons states is increasing and the potential exists for numerous regional nuclear arms races. Eight countries are known to have nuclear weapons, 2 are constructing them, and an additional 32 nations already have the fissile material needed to build substantial arsenals of low-yield (Hiroshima-sized) explosives. Population and economic activity worldwide are congregated to an increasing extent in megacities, which might be targeted in a nuclear conflict. We find that low yield weapons, which new nuclear powers are likely to construct, can produce 100 times as many fatalities and 100 times as much smoke from fires per kt yield as previously estimated in analyses for full scale nuclear wars using high-yield weapons, if the small weapons are targeted at city centers. A single "small" nuclear detonation in an urban center could lead to more fatalities, in some cases by orders of magnitude, than have occurred in the major historical conflicts of many countries. We analyze the likely outcome of a regional nuclear exchange involving 100 15-kt explosions (less than 0.1% of the explosive yield of the current global nuclear arsenal). We find that such an exchange could produce direct fatalities comparable to all of those worldwide in World War II, or to those once estimated for a "counterforce" nuclear war between the superpowers. Megacities exposed to atmospheric fallout of long-lived radionuclides would likely be abandoned indefinitely, with severe national and international implications. Our analysis shows that smoke from urban firestorms in a regional war would rise into the upper troposphere due to pyro-convection. Robock et al. (2007) show that the smoke would subsequently rise deep into the stratosphere due to atmospheric heating, and then might induce significant climatic anomalies on global scales. We also anticipate substantial perturbations of global ozone. While there are many uncertainties in the predictions we make here, the principal unknowns are the type and scale of conflict that might occur. The scope and severity of the hazards identified pose a significant threat to the global community. They deserve careful analysis by governments worldwide advised by a broad section of the world scientific community, as well as widespread public debate.

  19. Optical bullet-tracking algorithms for weapon localization in urban environments

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    Roberts, R S; Breitfeller, E F

    2006-03-31

    Localization of the sources of small-arms fire, mortars, and rocket propelled grenades is an important problem in urban combat. Weapons of this type produce characteristic signatures, such as muzzle flashes, that are visible in the infrared. Indeed, several systems have been developed that exploit the infrared signature of muzzle flash to locate the positions of shooters. However, systems based on muzzle flash alone can have difficulty localizing weapons if the muzzle flash is obscured or suppressed. Moreover, optical clutter can be problematic to systems that rely on muzzle flash alone. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has developed a projectile trackingmore » system that detects and localizes sources of small-arms fire, mortars and similar weapons using the thermal signature of the projectile rather than a muzzle flash. The thermal signature of a projectile, caused by friction as the projectile travels along its trajectory, cannot be concealed and is easily discriminated from optical clutter. The LLNL system was recently demonstrated at the MOUT facility of the Aberdeen Test Center [1]. In the live-fire demonstration, shooters armed with a variety of small-arms, including M-16s, AK-47s, handguns, mortars and rockets, were arranged at several positions in around the facility. Experiments ranged from a single-weapon firing a single-shot to simultaneous fire of all weapons on full automatic. The LLNL projectile tracking system was demonstrated to localize multiple shooters at ranges up to 400m, far greater than previous demonstrations. Furthermore, the system was shown to be immune to optical clutter that is typical in urban combat. This paper describes the image processing and localization algorithms designed to exploit the thermal signature of projectiles for shooter localization. The paper begins with a description of the image processing that extracts projectile information from a sequence of infrared images. Key to the processing is an adaptive spatio-temporal filter developed to suppress scene clutter. The filtered image sequence is further processed to produce a set of parameterized regions, which are classified using several discriminate functions. Regions that are classified as projectiles are passed to a data association algorithm that matches features from these regions with existing tracks, or initializes new tracks as needed. A Kalman filter is used to smooth and extrapolate existing tracks. Shooter locations are determined by solving a combinatorial least-squares solution for all bullet tracks. It also provides an error ellipse for each shooter, quantifying the uncertainty of shooter location. The paper concludes with examples from the live-fire exercise at the Aberdeen Test Center.« less

  20. Re-Emergence of Excess Bomb Radiocarbon in Upwelling Waters with High-Latitude Origins

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    Lindsay, C. M.; Lehman, S.

    2016-02-01

    The quantity of radiocarbon (14C) in the atmosphere was nearly doubled by nuclear weapons testing in the 1960s. Since then, the terrestrial biosphere and the ocean have absorbed most of the excess 14C from the atmosphere, although atmospheric radiocarbon activity (∆14C) continues to decline due to ongoing emissions of 14C-free CO2 from combustion of fossil fuels. The large transient decline in atmospheric ∆14C combined with gas exchange at the surface and spatially variable time scales of ocean mixing have led to large ∆14C gradients in the surface ocean between upwelling- and downwelling-dominated regions. These gradients continue to evolve over time. We examine the rate of change of surface ocean ∆14C between CLIVAR (2000-2011) and WOCE era (1990s) or other slightly earlier (1980s) datasets and find spatial patterns that reveal mixing between 14C-enriched mode waters, 14C-depleted deep waters and surface waters that are well-equilibrated with the atmosphere. The ∆14C of mode water reaching equatorial upwelling regions has increased between the WOCE and CLIVAR time periods, and the greater contribution of 14C to the low-latitude surface ocean appears to have significantly offset the ∆14C decline otherwise imparted by air-sea gas exchange with the atmosphere. Consequently, ∆14C gradients between low-latitude upwelling regions and gyre centers have weakened proportionally more than between gyre centers and regions where pre-industrial water still upwells, such as the Southern Ocean. Properly accounting for the re-emergence of water with post-industrial characteristics is important to constrain earth system models that seek to explain DIC, pH and other anthropogenically perturbed tracers in the surface ocean. Because of the history of ∆14C in the atmosphere, ocean ∆14C is a useful tracer for this purpose.

  1. MM&T: Precision Machining of Optical Components.

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    1981-02-01

    Center, Naval Weapons Center, Naval Research Laboratory, Naval Air Systems Command, Office of Naval Research, E/O & Night Vision Labs , MICOM, AVRADCOM...Air Force/RDQT lI), Air Force Systens Command, Wright Patterson Mat’l Lab ., I)APPA, TARCOM, ARRADCOM, TSARCOM, Fort Monmouth. 1-- form A-541 I II II I I...sinfle tecnnical iin is ire 1)iill Mulractcrl light Kn njhc r orde us and spatial Oral : reuvtics )etween regularly spaced toot rnaiarks and t-nc rat

  2. A Location Analysis Approach for Military Maintenance Scheduling with Geographically Dispersed Service Areas

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    2009-01-01

    activities within the patrol area. Maintenance of the Minuteman III weapon system requires maintenance and security teams travel to one or more of 150...launch facilities, all of which are geograph- ically isolated from major population centers. Travel time from F. E. Warren AFB, the main support base...the F. E. Warren AFB work center to make travel preparations, and ends after all maintenance actions are completed, or once the team arrives at one

  3. To Walk the Earth in Safety: The United States’ Commitment to Humanitarian Mine Action and Conventional Weapons Destruction

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    2008-06-01

    Organization of American States 42 Mine Action Information Center 46 Mine Detection Dog Center 48 for Southeast Europe International Trust Fund for...probes. Mine detecting dogs (MDDs), and mechanical demining tools, such as flails and tillers, are also used. Other bio-sensors such as bees and...members; the survivor must overcome both physical difficulties and feelings of inadequacy or worthlessness to regain a productive life. For these

  4. Chemistry and materials science progress report, FY 1994

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    NONE

    1995-07-01

    Research is reported in the areas of surface science, fundamentals of the physics and processing of metals, energetic materials, transactinide materials and properties and other indirectly related areas of weapons research.

  5. Detonation Performance Testing of LX-19

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    Vincent, Samuel; Aslam, Tariq; Jackson, Scott

    2015-06-01

    CL-20 was developed at the Naval Surface Weapons Center at China Lake, CA in the mid 80's. Being less sensitive than PETN, but considerably more powerful than HMX, it is the highest energy and density compound known among organic chemicals. LX-19 was developed at LLNL in the early 90's. It is a high-energy plastic bonded explosive, composed of 95.8 wt% CL-20 and 4.2 wt% Estane binder, and is similar to LX-14 (composed of HMX and Estane), but with greater sensitivity characteristics with use of the more energetic CL-20 explosive. We report detonation performance results for unconfined cylindrical rate sticks of LX-19. The experimental diameter effects are shown, along with detonation front shapes, and reaction zone profiles for different test diameters. This data is critical for calibration to Detonation Shock Dynamics (DSD). LA-UR-15-20672.

  6. Middle School Risk Behavior 1995 Survey Results.

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    North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research.

    The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Middle School Questionnaire, produced by the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was administered for the first time in North Carolina in 1995. The survey monitored high-priority health-risk behaviors, including: (1) weapons and violence; (2) suicide-related behaviors; (3) vehicle safety; (4)…

  7. Maintenance Training Media: An Annotated Bibliography.

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    Valverde, Horace H.

    The training analyst must be able to specify training media requirements during the early stages of weapon systems development. Also, training specialists frequently need to make training media selections for center or base level courses. This report provides such personnel with information to assist them in the development of training equipment…

  8. Report of a Workshop in Nuclear Forces and Nonproliferation held at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC

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    Pilat, Joseph F

    2009-01-01

    The workshop addressed evolving nuclear forces and their impacts on nonproliferation in the context of the new strategic environment, the Obama Administration's Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) Review and the 2010 Conference (RevCon) of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The issues discussed are at the heart of the debate on nuclear policy issues such asfuture nuclear weapons requirements and nonproliferation, but also the stockpile stewardship program and infrastructure modernization. The workshop discussions reflected the importance of the NPRfor defining the role of US nuclear forces in dealing with 21s1 century threats and providing guidancemore » that will shape NNSA and DoD programs. They also highlighted its importancefor NPT diplomacy. The discussion noted the report of the bipartisan Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, and the expectation that the NPR would likely reflect its consensus to a large degree (although the Administration was not bound by the report). There was widespread support for developing thefoundationsfor a sustainable nuclear-weapon program that addresses nuclear weapons, infrastructure and expertise in the broader nonproliferation, disarmament and international security contexts. The discussion also revealed a convergence of views, but no consensus, on a number of important issues, including the diminished role but continued importance of nuclear weapons; the need to take action to ensure the sustainability of the stockpile, and the recapitalization of the infrastructure and expertise; and the need to take action to promote nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament objectives.« less

  9. Nuclear Weapon Yield Determination through Nano Indentation of Thermally Degraded Automobile Paint

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    2011-03-01

    function of the layer. When less complicated paint systems were used, the primer filled the role of surfacer. As each layer of paint became more...majority of the property changes caused by the irradiation would be near the surface. Unfortunately, surface effects are complicated , difficult...are two values recorded in the bubble and whitening rows under the Highest Temperature not Observed because the experiment that yielded the

  10. Final Environmental Assessment Addressing Implementation of the Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan for Kirtland Air Force Base

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    2014-09-01

    square-foot facility to house the newly formed 498th Nuclear Systems Wing. This facility would be a two-story, steel -framed structure with...proposes to construct a 15,946-square-foot sustainment center for the Nuclear Weapons Center. This facility would be a two-story, steel -framed structure...Bob Estes Cc: Valerie Renner Cultural Resource Manager 2050 Wyoming Blvd. SE Kirtland AFB, NM 87117 B-7 Native American Tribes – IICEP

  11. Air-to-Ground Visual Simulation Demonstration. Volume 1

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    1976-10-01

    FIGURE II-10 - WEAPONS/TARGET IMPACT DISPLAY II-1l The environmental gaming area consisted of " square area 36 nautical miles on a side andincluded... The target/ impact display was a top down view of the targp.t center with radial lines at the o’clock positions and concentric circles of 150 and 300...foot radius (Figure II-10). The impacts were shown relative to the target as circles with pass number in the center. The aircraft delivery para

  12. Proceedings of the Annual Tri-Service Manufacturing Technology Conference (12th) 19-23 October 1980. Sheraton-Bal Harbour, Bal Harbour, Florida.

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    1980-10-23

    1700 N. Moore Street, Suite 1923 Mail Stop 24021000 Western Avenue Arlington, VA 22209 Lynn, MA 01910 KLIMAN, DR. M. KOTLER , R. Army Materials...Mechanics Research Center US Army Missile Command ATTN: DR. MORTON KLIMAN ATTN: MR. RICHARD KOTLER Army Materials & Mechanics Res. Cir. DRSMI-ET...SMITH, P. J. STOYKO, M. A. Naval Weapons Support Center US Army Mun. Prod. Base Mod. Agency ATTN: MR. PHILIP J. SMITH ATTN: MR. MICHAEL A. STOYKO Code

  13. Obsolete Weapons, Unconventional Tactics, and Martyrdom Zeal: How Iran Would Apply Its Asymmetric Naval Warfare Doctrine in a Future Conflict

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    2007-04-01

    currently valid OMB control number. 1. REPORT DATE APR 2007 2. REPORT TYPE 3. DATES COVERED 00-00-2007 to 00-00-2007 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE...studies, defense planning, arms control , peacekeeping, crisis management, regional and coop- erative security. The Marshall Center Occasional Papers...a research project, which was led and funded by the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. ∗∗ Jahangir

  14. Combined application of imaging techniques for the characterization and authentication of ancient weapons

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    Salvemini, Filomena; Grazzi, Francesco; Kardjilov, Nikolay; Wieder, Frank; Manke, Ingo; Edge, David; Williams, Alan; Zoppi, Marco

    2017-05-01

    Non-invasive experimental methods play an important role in the field of cultural heritage. Benefiting from the technical progress in recent years, neutron imaging has been demonstrated to complement effectively studies based on surface analysis, allowing for a non-invasive characterization of the whole three-dimensional volume. This study focuses on a kris and a kanjar, two weapons from ancient Asia, to show the potential of the combined use of X-ray and neutron imaging techniques for the characterisation of the manufacturing methods and the authentication of objects of cultural and historical interest.

  15. Manufacturing Technology and Industrial Modernization Incentive Programs

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    1991-07-01

    report are those of the contractors and should not be Interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or Impli.d, of tte Naval Ocean...Countaermeaue * Undersea countermeasures. special warfare, amphibious warfare. tamc mine countermeasures, and diving Dkected energy . Naval Surface Warfare...Insensitie highly energetic materials -Command control, commiunications, ocean surveillance, surface- and air-launched undersea weapons, and submarine arctic

  16. Atmospheric effects and societal consequences of regional scale nuclear conflicts and acts of individual nuclear terrorism

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Toon, O. B.; Turco, R. P.; Robock, A.; Bardeen, C.; Oman, L.; Stenchikov, G. L.

    2006-11-01

    We assess the potential damage and smoke production associated with the detonation of small nuclear weapons in modern megacities. While the number of nuclear warheads in the world has fallen by about a factor of three since its peak in 1986, the number of nuclear weapons states is increasing and the potential exists for numerous regional nuclear arms races. Eight countries are known to have nuclear weapons, 2 are constructing them, and an additional 32 nations already have the fissile material needed to build substantial arsenals of low-yield (Hiroshima-sized) explosives. Population and economic activity worldwide are congregated to an increasing extent in megacities, which might be targeted in a nuclear conflict. Our analysis shows that, per kiloton of yield, low yield weapons can produce 100 times as many fatalities and 100 times as much smoke from fires as high-yield weapons, if they are targeted at city centers. A single "small'' nuclear detonation in an urban center could lead to more fatalities, in some cases by orders of magnitude, than have occurred in the major historical conflicts of many countries. We analyze the likely outcome of a regional nuclear exchange involving 100 15-kt explosions (less than 0.1% of the explosive yield of the current global nuclear arsenal). We find that such an exchange could produce direct fatalities comparable to all of those worldwide in World War II, or to those once estimated for a "counterforce'' nuclear war between the superpowers. Megacities exposed to atmospheric fallout of long-lived radionuclides would likely be abandoned indefinitely, with severe national and international implications. Our analysis shows that smoke from urban firestorms in a regional war would rise into the upper troposphere due to pyro-convection. Robock et al. (2006) show that the smoke would subsequently rise deep into the stratosphere due to atmospheric heating, and then might induce significant climatic anomalies on global scales.We also anticipate substantial perturbations of global ozone. While there are many uncertainties in the predictions we make here, the principal unknowns are the type and scale of conflict that might occur. The scope and severity of the hazards identified pose a significant threat to the global community. They deserve careful analysis by governments worldwide advised by a broad section of the world scientific community, as well as widespread public debate.

  17. Allegany Ballistics Lab: sensor test target system

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    Eaton, Deran S.

    2011-06-01

    Leveraging the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division's historical experience in weapon simulation, Naval Sea Systems Command commissioned development of a remote-controlled, digitally programmable Sensor Test Target as part of a modern, outdoor hardware-in-the-loop test system for ordnance-related guidance, navigation and control systems. The overall Target system design invokes a sciences-based, "design of automated experiments" approach meant to close the logistical distance between sensor engineering and developmental T&E in outdoor conditions over useful real world distances. This enables operating modes that employ broad spectrum electromagnetic energy in many a desired combination, variably generated using a Jet Engine Simulator, a multispectral infrared emitter array, optically enhanced incandescent Flare Simulators, Emitter/Detector mounts, and an RF corner reflector kit. As assembled, the recently tested Sensor Test Target prototype being presented can capably provide a full array of useful RF and infrared target source simulations for RDT&E use with developmental and existing sensors. Certain Target technologies are patent pending, with potential spinoffs in aviation, metallurgy and biofuels processing, while others are variations on well-established technology. The Sensor Test Target System is planned for extended installation at Allegany Ballistics Laboratory (Rocket Center, WV).

  18. Metals Emissions from the Open Detonation Treatment of Energetic Wastes

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    2004-10-01

    CPIA Publication 477, Vol. I, March 1988. p. 139. 12. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. "Fragment Breakup Testing of BLU-97 Bomblets with PBXN ...volume at the time the particulate sample was collected was approximately 106 m3. For unknown reasons, the Army did not convert the detonation plume

  19. Smallpox: A Review for Health Educators

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    Bungum, Timothy J.

    2003-01-01

    Since the declaration of the eradication of smallpox in May of 1980 concern about this virus has ebbed. However, recent world events, including the destabilization of governments, have raised concerns that smallpox could fall into the hands of nefarious individuals or groups who might attempt to use the virus as a weapon. In Centers for Disease…

  20. Operation HARDTACK. Project 2.13. Gamma Radiation and Induced Activity from Very-Low-Yield Bursts

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    1983-10-01

    of the Air Force Special Weapons Center; Clarence Slover of the Lexington Signal Depot, who processed the LSD film dosimeters; and Fred Rlggln of...indicated by an increase in fluorescence upon illumi- nation by ultraviolet light. The glass needles were air mailed to Brooklyn Naval Shipyard im

  1. Soviet Negotiating Techniques in Arms Control Negotiations with the United States

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    1979-08-01

    Arma - ments and the Prohibition of Atomic, Hydrogen and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction. 󈧰 The disarmament debate then centered in twenty- eight...example, on the problem of the Mideast and on other outstanding problems in which the United States and the Soviet Union, acting together, canJ serve the

  2. Hematologic evaluation of employees with leukopenia. Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California.

    PubMed

    Luiken, G A; Marsh, W L; Heath, V C; Long, H L; Weatherly, T L; Seal, G M

    1988-12-01

    Evaluation of 86 employees with a history of leukopenia at the Naval Weapons Center (NWC), China Lake, California, was done by exposure questionnaires, medical histories, physical examinations, peripheral blood smear, and bone marrow evaluations, including morphologic examination, stem cell culture, and cytogenetics. Forty-eight subjects were found to be leukopenic at the time of the study, and two subjects were found to have hairy cell leukemia. All subjects had positive exposure histories and were healthy at the time of the study. Review of peripheral smears identified the patients with marrow abnormalities. Bone marrow cultures revealed several patients with possible marrow suppression. Chromosome studies were not diagnostic. Five-year follow-up health questionnaires revealed no significant health problems; the two workers with hairy cell leukemia are alive and fully functional. Leukopenia in itself does not appear to be a risk factor for poor health, and it is unknown whether or not it may be a useful screening tool to identify workers at risk in toxic environments. Careful evaluation of blood cell counts and peripheral smears should be sufficient to identify people with potential marrow abnormalities.

  3. The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Surface Warfare (SUW) Module: Determining the Surface-To-Surface Missile and Air-To-Surface Missile Mix

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    2010-09-01

    agent-based modeling platform known as MANA. The simulation is exercised over a broad range of different weapon systems types with their capabilities...Navy B.A., University of Florida, 2004 Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MODELING ...aerial vehicle (UAV) will have. This study uses freely available data to build a simulation utilizing an agent-based modeling platform known as MANA

  4. Strain Measurement - Unidirectional.

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    1983-04-20

    of vital importance in obtaining accurate reproducible measurements. This preparation should develop a chemically clean surface having a roughness...testing weapon systems, when parts are stressed to the highest permissible values, and in measuring linear and torsional strains engen - dered by the

  5. Department of Defense In-House RDT&E Activities. FY2000 Management Analysis Report

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2000-01-01

    Blossom Point, Maryland * White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), WSMR, New Mexico . They are presented in this publication in that location breakout. ADELPHI... MEXICO ULTRA WIDEBAND (UWB) SYNTHETIC-APERTURE RADAR (SAR) TESTBED A mobile UWB SAR testbed, featuring a 150-ft measurement system, is used to...Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico , this range performs assembly and live-fire testing of surface-to-air, surface-to-surface weapons, and research rockets

  6. Feasibility Study of Contamination Remediation at Naval Weapons Station, Concord, California. Volume 1. Remedial Action Alternatives.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1988-09-01

    laboratory contaminants. The surface water sampling program was augmented by clam bioaccumulation 0 studies. In these studies, clams were placed in...water and clam bioaccumulation data indicate that several of the metals found in the contaminated surface soils are also ele- vated in the surface...waters and are potentially bioavailable to aquatic organ- isms and may currently impair water quality in these areas. However, clam bioaccumulation data

  7. Upward movement of plutonium to surface sediments during an 11-year field study.

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    Kaplan, D I; Demirkanli, D I; Molz, F J; Beals, D M; Cadieux, J R; Halverson, J E

    2010-05-01

    An 11-year lysimeter study was established to monitor the movement of Pu through vadose zone sediments. Sediment Pu concentrations as a function of depth indicated that some Pu moved upward from the buried source material. Subsequent numerical modeling suggested that the upward movement was largely the result of invading grasses taking up the Pu and translocating it upward. The objective of this study was to determine if the Pu of surface sediments originated from atmosphere fallout or from the buried lysimeter source material (weapons-grade Pu), providing additional evidence that plants were involved in the upward migration of Pu. The (240)Pu/(239)Pu and (242)Pu/(239)Pu atomic fraction ratios of the lysimeter surface sediments, as determined by Thermal Ionization Mass Spectroscopy (TIMS), were 0.063 and 0.00045, respectively; consistent with the signatures of the weapons-grade Pu. Our numerical simulations indicate that because plants create a large water flux, small concentrations over multiple years may result in a measurable accumulation of Pu on the ground surface. These results may have implications on the conceptual model for calculating risk associated with long-term stewardship and monitored natural attenuation management of Pu contaminated subsurface and surface sediments. Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  8. Multidecadal global cooling and unprecedented ozone loss following a regional nuclear conflict

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    Mills, Michael J.; Toon, Owen B.; Lee-Taylor, Julia; Robock, Alan

    2014-04-01

    We present the first study of the global impacts of a regional nuclear war with an Earth system model including atmospheric chemistry, ocean dynamics, and interactive sea ice and land components. A limited, regional nuclear war between India and Pakistan in which each side detonates 50 15 kt weapons could produce about 5 Tg of black carbon (BC). This would self-loft to the stratosphere, where it would spread globally, producing a sudden drop in surface temperatures and intense heating of the stratosphere. Using the Community Earth System Model with the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model, we calculate an e-folding time of 8.7 years for stratospheric BC compared to 4-6.5 years for previous studies. Our calculations show that global ozone losses of 20%-50% over populated areas, levels unprecedented in human history, would accompany the coldest average surface temperatures in the last 1000 years. We calculate summer enhancements in UV indices of 30%-80% over midlatitudes, suggesting widespread damage to human health, agriculture, and terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Killing frosts would reduce growing seasons by 10-40 days per year for 5 years. Surface temperatures would be reduced for more than 25 years due to thermal inertia and albedo effects in the ocean and expanded sea ice. The combined cooling and enhanced UV would put significant pressures on global food supplies and could trigger a global nuclear famine. Knowledge of the impacts of 100 small nuclear weapons should motivate the elimination of more than 17,000 nuclear weapons that exist today.

  9. Chemistry and Materials Science progress report, FY 1994. Revision 2

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    NONE

    1996-01-01

    Thrust areas of the weapons-supporting research include surface science, fundamentals of the physics and processing of metals, energetic materials, etc. The laboratory directed R and D include director`s initiatives, individual projects, and transactinium science studies.

  10. A Preliminary Experimental Study of Vortex Tubes for Gas-Phase Fission Heating

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    1959-02-20

    CORPORATION for the U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION * RESTRICME DATA SECRET lo 710is a" me to so wavoied persea is pteW""Oo _____ -- -- --- LGAL OTICE... American , Canoga Park 40. AFPR, North American , Downey 41-42. Air Force Special Weapons Center 43. Air Research and Development Comand (RDTAPS) 44. Air

  11. Minutes of the Explosives Safety Seminar (25th) Held in Anaheim, California on 18-20 August 1992. Volume 2

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    1992-08-20

    NAVAL STTRFACE WARFARE CENTER MR. KRATOVIL EDWARD NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND MR KRAUSE WILLIAM UNITED TECHNOLOGIES-ASD MR. KRAUTHAMMER THEODOR PENN...ARMY DEPOT MR. WOLFGANG GARY OLIN ORDNANCE MR. WOOD RANDALL EG&G MOUND APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES MR. WOOD SCOTT NAVAL WEAPONS STATION - SEAL BEACH MR

  12. Learner-Centered Instruction (LCI). Volume 3. Plan of Instruction.

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    Pieper, William J.; And Others

    A plan of instruction (POI) is presented for an experimental course to train flight line weapon control systems technicians for the F-111A. The POI is based on the job behavioral description of this technician's job prepared earlier. The two basic decisions establishing the character of the POI are the overall objective of producing graduates…

  13. Beyond Boundaries: A Promising New Model for Security and Global Development. Carnegie Results

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    Theroux, Karen

    2013-01-01

    In 2007, a team of international security experts and researchers at the Henry L. Stimson Center launched an initiative to build an effective model for sustainable nonproliferation of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. The project represented an exciting and innovative way of thinking about security: a dual-use approach that operated at…

  14. Implications of Using Computer-Based Training with the AN/SQQ-89(v) Sonar System: Operating and Support Costs

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-06-01

    Visibility and Management of Operating and Support Costs (VAMOSC...VAMOSC Visibility and Management of Operating and Support Costs VMA Variant Manning Average WAP Weapons Alternate Processor WCS Work Center...Visibility and Management of Operating and Support Costs (VAMOSC), under Unit Level Consumption and Manhours—Organizational Corrective Maintenance. C

  15. Electrical Conductivity Measurements of Hydroxylammonium Nitrate: Design Considerations

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1986-04-01

    aqueous NaNO3 i• shown as well to indicate the similarity of this conductivity data with that cf HAN. The solubility of NaNO 3 in H120 is much less than... Wilmot , R-16 Commander Silver Spring, MD 20910 US Army Tank Automotive Command 1 Commander ATTN: AMSTA-TSL Naval Weapons Center Warren, MI 48397-5000

  16. Spring 2005 Industry Study. Strategic Materials

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2005-01-01

    Research Laboratory, Weapons and Materials Research Center. Presented at ARL, Aberdeen, MD. March 17, 2005. Ashley, Steven. “ Alchemy of a...Spring 2005 Industry Study Final Report Strategic Materials The Industrial College of the Armed Forces National...the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data

  17. 2007-2008 Weapon Systems

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2007-01-01

    240 Tactical Operations Center ( TOC ) .......................................................................242 Tactical Unmanned Aerial...4QFY06: CHS-3 contract transferred from AMCOM Acq Ctr to CECOM Acq Ctr as a result of the PD CHS move from PM TOCs /AMDCCS to PM TRCS in FY06...SALES None CONTRACTORS IRB Bays manufacturer: General Dynamics Santa Barbara Sistemas (Kaiserslautern, Germany) Logistic support: AM General (Livonia, MI

  18. Distribution and Status of Sclerocactus polyancistrus on the Naval Weapons Center-A Survey.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1982-10-01

    Ephedra viridis , Ephedra nevadensis, Purshia glandulosa, Yucca brevifolia, Haplopappus linearifolius, Tetradymia sp. GEOLOGICAL SETTING & SOILS: Mesozoic...Haplopappus Cooperi, Ephedra nevadensis, Ephedra viridis , Grayia spinosa, Lycium Andersonii, Salazaria mexicana, Yucca brevifolia, Purshia glandulosa...1740 m. (5100-5700 ft.) PLANT COMMUNITY: Coleogyne ramosissima(predominantly east of road), Ephedra nevadensis, Ephedra viridis , Haplopappus Cooperi

  19. Violence in America's Schools.

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    William Gladden Foundation, York, PA.

    This booklet is concerned with the issue of school violence. The introductory section provides examples of violence in schools and notes that the Centers for Disease Control state that 1 student in 5 takes a weapon to school and 1 in 20 carries a gun. It is further noted that urban schools in the major metropolitan areas have the greatest risk of…

  20. The National School Safety Center's Report on School Associated Violent Deaths

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    National School Safety Center (NJ1), 2010

    2010-01-01

    A school-associated violent death is any homicide, suicide, or weapons-related violent death in the United States in which the fatal injury occurred: (1) on the property of a functioning public, private or parochial elementary or secondary school, Kindergarten through grade 12, (including alternative schools); (2) on the way to or from regular…

  1. A Method for Designing Deep Underground Structures Subjected to Dynamic Loads

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1976-09-01

    Expanding the expression for u /u. evaluated at r « r in power « of vJv2 S ive5 / \\ - 1 + (1 - 2v) ə + ,. ui e n=l For p1/p_ = 0 this expression...Continued) Commanding Officer Nucler ,- Weapons Training Center Atlantic Naval Base Norfolk, Va. 23511 ATTN: Nuclear Warfare Department Commander

  2. The Mesoscale Science of the Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes (MaRIE) project

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    Kippen, Karen Elizabeth; Montoya, Donald Raymond

    The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) requires the ability to understand and test how material structures, defects, and interfaces determine performance in extreme environments such as in nuclear weapons. To do this, MaRIE will be an x-ray source that is laser-like and brilliant with very fl exible and fast pulses to see at weapons-relevant time scales, and with high enough energy to study critical materials. The Department of Energy (DOE) has determined there is a mission need for MaRIE to deliver this capability. MaRIE can use some of the existing infrastructure of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) andmore » its accelerator capability. MaRIE will be built as a strategic partnership of DOE national laboratories and university collaborators.« less

  3. Lipophilic super-absorbent polymer gels as surface cleaners for oil and grease

    USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

    Increasingly stringent environmental regulations on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) demand the development of disruptive technologies for cleaning weapons systems and platforms. Currently employed techniques such as vapor degreasing, solvent, aqueous, or blast ...

  4. Concerns with Entertainment-Education: Zombie Pandemic Preparedness and the Unanticipated Promotion of a Weapons Culture

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    Houghton, Frank; Toms, Jeremy; Meratnia, Ghazal; Loney, Krista; Hopkins, Edward; Del Monte, Katie

    2017-01-01

    Entertainment-education has proved to be an engaging medium through which to explore health and social issues in populations. Given the popularity of the zombie theme in popular culture it is no surprise therefore that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopted this theme in an effort to engage youth and young adults in emergency…

  5. Learner-Centered Instruction (LCI): Volume IV, The Simulated Maintenance Task Environment (SMTE): A Job Specific Simulator.

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    Rifkin, Kenneth I.; And Others

    The purpose of the simulated maintenance task environment is to provide a means for training and job performance testing of the flight line weapon control systems mechanic/technician for the F-111A aircraft. It provides practice in flight line equipment checkout, troubleshooting, and removal and replacement of line replaceable units in the…

  6. The DTIC Review: Volume 2, Number 4, Surviving Chemical and Biological Warfare

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1996-12-01

    CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY , ARMY RESEARCH, DEGRADATION, VERIFICATION, MASS SPECTROSCOPY , LIQUID... mycotoxins . Such materials are not attractive as weapons of mass destruction however, as large amounts are required to produce lethal effects. In...VERIFICATION, ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY , ATOMIC ABSORPTION. AL The DTIC Review Defense Technical Information Center AD-A285 242 AD-A283 754 EDGEWOOO

  7. Resource Management for the Tagged Token Dataflow Architecture.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1985-01-01

    completely rigorous, formulation of the U- intepreter . 2The graph schemata presented here differ slightly from those presented in the references...Director Dr. E.B. Royce, Code 38 1 Copy Head, Research Department Naval Weapons Center China Lake, CA 93555 Dr. G. Hopper, USNR 1 Ccpy NAVDAC-OOH .O Department of the Navy " - Washington, DC 20374 .. 0 " FILMED 7-85 DTIC

  8. The Ring of Gyges: Anonymity and Technological Advance’s Effect on the Deterrence of Nonstate Actors in 2035

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-10-01

    Technical Information Center, 1972), 723–24. A case in point is the Manhattan Project undertaken by the United States to produce the first atomic weapon. A...capital and operations costs from 1942 through 1945. Costs adjusted using a base year of 1944 (the year of highest Manhattan Project expenditures). 39

  9. A 350 MHz, 200 kW CW, Multiple Beam Inductive Output Tube - Final Report

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    R.Lawrece Ives; George Collins; David Marsden Michael Read

    2012-11-28

    This program developed a 200 kW CW, 350 MHz, multiple beam inductive output tube (MBIOT) for driving accelerator cavities. The MBIOT operates at 30 kV with a gain of 23 dB. The estimated efficiency is 70%. The device uses seven electron beams, each transmitting 1.4 A of current. The tube is approximately six feet long and weighs approximately 400 lbs. The prototype device will be evaluated as a potential RF source for the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Because of issues related to delivery of the electron guns, it was not possible to complete assembly and testmore » of the MBIOT during the Phase II program. The device is being completed with support from Calabazas Creek Research, Inc., Communications & Power Industries, LLC. and the Naval Surface Weapons Center (NSWC) in Dahlgren, VA. The MBIOT will be initially tested at NSWC before delivery to ANL. The testing at NSWC is scheduled for February 2013.« less

  10. Advancements in hardware-in-the-loop simulations at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Buford, James A.; Jolly, Alexander C.; Mobley, Scott B.; Sholes, William J.

    2000-07-01

    A greater awareness of and increased interest in the use of modeling and simulation (M&S) has been demonstrated at many levels within the Department of Defense (DoD) and all the Armed Services agencies in recent years. M&S application is regarded as a viable means of lowering the life cycle costs of missile defense and tactical missile weapon system acquisition beginning with studies of new concepts of war-fighting through user training and post-deployment support. The Aviation and Missile Research, Engineering, and Development Center (AMRDEC) of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) has an extensive history of applying all types of M&S to weapons system development and has been a particularly strong advocate of hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulation and test for many years. Over the past 40 years AMRDEC has developed and maintained the Advanced Simulation Center (ASC) which provides world-class, high fidelity, specific and dedicated HWIL simulation and test capabilities for the Army's missile defense and tactical missile program offices in both the infrared and radio frequency sensor domains. The ASC facility uses M&S to conduct daily HWIL missile simulations and tests to support flight tests, missile/system development, independent verification and validation of weapon system embedded software and simulations, and missile/system performance against current and future threat environments. This paper describes the ASC role, recaps the past year, describes the HWIL components and advancements, and outlines the path-ahead for the ASC in terms of both missile and complete system HWIL simulations and test with a focus on the imaging infrared systems.

  11. Results of field testing with the FightSight infrared-based projectile tracking and weapon-fire characterization technology

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Snarski, Steve; Menozzi, Alberico; Sherrill, Todd; Volpe, Chris; Wille, Mark

    2010-04-01

    This paper describes experimental results from recent live-fire data collects that demonstrate the capability of a prototype system for projectile detection and tracking. This system, which is being developed at Applied Research Associates, Inc., under the FightSight program, consists of a high-speed thermal camera and sophisticated image processing algorithms to detect and track projectiles. The FightSight operational vision is automated situational intelligence to detect, track, and graphically map large-scale firefights and individual shooting events onto command and control (C2) systems in real time (shot location and direction, weapon ID, movements and trends). Gaining information on enemy-fire trajectories allows educated inferences on the enemy's intent, disposition, and strength. Our prototype projectile detection and tracking system has been tested at the Joint Readiness Training Center (Ft Polk, LA) during live-fire convoy and mortar registration exercises, in the summer of 2009. It was also tested during staged military-operations- on-urban-terrain (MOUT) firefight events at Aberdeen Test Center (Aberdeen, MD) under the Hostile Fire Defeat Army Technology Objective midterm experiment, also in the summer of 2009, where we introduced fusion with acoustic and EO sensors to provide 3D localization and near-real time display of firing events. Results are presented in this paper that demonstrate effective and accurate detection and localization of weapon fire (5.56mm, 7.62mm, .50cal, 81/120mm mortars, 40mm) in diverse and challenging environments (dust, heat, day and night, rain, arid open terrain, urban clutter). FightSight's operational capabilities demonstrated under these live-fire data collects can support closecombat scenarios. As development continues, FightSight will be able to feed C2 systems with a symbolic map of enemy actions.

  12. Estimation of weapon-radius versus maneuverability trade-off for air-to-air combat

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Kelley, H. J.; Lefton, L.

    1977-01-01

    A chase in a horizontal plane between a pursuer with a large capture radius and a more maneuverable evading vehicle is examined with constant-speed vehicle models. An approximation to the 'sidestepping' maneuver of the Homicidal Chauffeur Game is modified to account for the effect of evader turning rate, and an estimate of capture radius required is so obtained which agrees remarkably well with Cockayne's point-capture result. The maneuver assumes central importance for barrier surfaces appearing in the Game of Two Cars. Results are given for required weapon capture-radius in terms of the maneuverability of the two vehicles. Some calculations of capture radius are presented.

  13. Design Concepts for Hardened Communications Structures

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1990-03-01

    air . Based on this background, a family of structures was designed that can protect whip and directional antennae from the blast and shock effects from...Ground Surface Air Overpressure with Range, 1-MT Weapon, HOB - 0 and 500 ft ........................................... 25 5 Positive Phase Duration...design included the crater size, the e*eca field, airblast, and ground shock for ground surface air overpressure levels ranging from :5,000 to 500 psi. As

  14. Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-03-18

    1 Railgun is also spelled as rail gun ; EMRG is also abbreviated as EM railgun; hypervelocity is also...controlled Gatling gun . Employing all these measures reflects a long-standing Navy approach of creating a multi-layered defense against enemy...fact that Navy surface ships can use surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) and their Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) Gatling guns to shoot down only a certain

  15. Cooling of weapons with graphite foam

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Klett, James W.; Trammell, Michael P.

    Disclosed are examples of an apparatus for cooling a barrel 12 of a firearm 10 and examples of a cooled barrel assembly 32 for installation into an existing firearm 10. When assembled with the barrel 12, a contact surface 16 of a shell 14 is proximate to, and in thermal communication with, the outer surface of the barrel 18. The shell 14 is formed of commercially available or modified graphite foam.

  16. Land, sea, and air unmanned systems research and development at SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Nguyen, Hoa G.; Laird, Robin; Kogut, Greg; Andrews, John; Fletcher, Barbara; Webber, Todd; Arrieta, Rich; Everett, H. R.

    2009-05-01

    The Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) has a long and extensive history in unmanned systems research and development, starting with undersea applications in the 1960s and expanding into ground and air systems in the 1980s. In the ground domain, we are addressing force-protection scenarios using large unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and fixed sensors, and simultaneously pursuing tactical and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) operations with small man-portable robots. Technology thrusts include improving robotic intelligence and functionality, autonomous navigation and world modeling in urban environments, extended operational range of small teleoperated UGVs, enhanced human-robot interaction, and incorporation of remotely operated weapon systems. On the sea surface, we are pushing the envelope on dynamic obstacle avoidance while conforming to established nautical rules-of-the-road. In the air, we are addressing cooperative behaviors between UGVs and small vertical-takeoff- and-landing unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). Underwater applications involve very shallow water mine countermeasures, ship hull inspection, oceanographic data collection, and deep ocean access. Specific technology thrusts include fiber-optic communications, adaptive mission controllers, advanced navigation techniques, and concepts of operations (CONOPs) development. This paper provides a review of recent accomplishments and current status of a number of projects in these areas.

  17. Spectral and temperature-dependent infrared emissivity measurements of painted metals for improved temperature estimation during laser damage testing

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Baumann, Sean M.; Keenan, Cameron; Marciniak, Michael A.; Perram, Glen P.

    2014-10-01

    A database of spectral and temperature-dependent emissivities was created for painted Al-alloy laser-damage-testing targets for the purpose of improving the uncertainty to which temperature on the front and back target surfaces may be estimated during laser-damage testing. Previous temperature estimates had been made by fitting an assumed gray-body radiance curve to the calibrated spectral radiance data collected from the back surface using a Telops Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (IFTS). In this work, temperature-dependent spectral emissivity measurements of the samples were made from room temperature to 500 °C using a Surface Optics Corp. SOC-100 Hemispherical Directional Reflectometer (HDR) with Nicolet FTS. Of particular interest was a high-temperature matte-black enamel paint used to coat the rear surfaces of the Al-alloy samples. The paint had been assumed to have a spectrally flat and temperatureinvariant emissivity. However, the data collected using the HDR showed both spectral variation and temperature dependence. The uncertainty in back-surface temperature estimation during laser-damage testing made using the measured emissivities was improved from greater than +10 °C to less than +5 °C for IFTS pixels away from the laser burn-through hole, where temperatures never exceeded those used in the SOC-100 HDR measurements. At beam center, where temperatures exceeded those used in the SOC-100 HDR, uncertainty in temperature estimates grew beyond those made assuming gray-body emissivity. Accurate temperature estimations during laser-damage testing are useful in informing a predictive model for future high-energy-laser weapon applications.

  18. Formulation of an integrated robust design and tactics optimization process for undersea weapon systems

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Frits, Andrew P.

    In the current Navy environment of undersea weapons development, the engineering aspect of design is decoupled from the development of the tactics with which the weapon is employed. Tactics are developed by intelligence experts, warfighters, and wargamers, while torpedo design is handled by engineers and contractors. This dissertation examines methods by which the conceptual design process of undersea weapon systems, including both torpedo systems and mine counter-measure systems, can be improved. It is shown that by simultaneously designing the torpedo and the tactics with which undersea weapons are used, a more effective overall weapon system can be created. In addition to integrating torpedo tactics with design, the thesis also looks at design methods to account for uncertainty. The uncertainty is attributable to multiple sources, including: lack of detailed analysis tools early in the design process, incomplete knowledge of the operational environments, and uncertainty in the performance of potential technologies. A robust design process is introduced to account for this uncertainty in the analysis and optimization of torpedo systems through the combination of Monte Carlo simulation with response surface methodology and metamodeling techniques. Additionally, various other methods that are appropriate to uncertainty analysis are discussed and analyzed. The thesis also advances a new approach towards examining robustness and risk: the treatment of probability of success (POS) as an independent variable. Examining the cost and performance tradeoffs between high and low probability of success designs, the decision-maker can make better informed decisions as to what designs are most promising and determine the optimal balance of risk, cost, and performance. Finally, the thesis examines the use of non-dimensionalization of parameters for torpedo design. The thesis shows that the use of non-dimensional torpedo parameters leads to increased knowledge about the scaleability of torpedo systems and increased performance of Designs of Experiments.

  19. 33 CFR 334.230 - Potomac River.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 334.230 Navigation and Navigable Waters CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DANGER ZONE AND RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.230 Potomac River. (a) Naval Surface Weapons... except Sundays. (ii) When firing is in progress, no person, or fishing or oystering vessels shall operate...

  20. Beneath the Surface

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    Bronner, Yigal; Gordon, Neve

    2008-01-01

    According to Israeli archaeologist Yonathan Mizrachi, archaeology has become a weapon of dispossession. He was referring to the way archaeology is being used in Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood in the oldest part of Jerusalem, where, archaeological digs are being carried out as part of a concerted campaign to expel Palestinians from their…

  1. The Potentialities of the Atomic Bomb

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Meade, Roger Allen; Bradbury, Norris E.

    In January 1949, Norris Bradbury gave a lecture at the National War College which summarized the progress Los Alamos had made since the end of the war. The transcript of the talk was filed and forgotten until it surfaced fifty years later. It is, perhaps, one of the best summaries of the state of the United States nuclear weapons program in 1949. It is also evidence of how Bradbury saw the future of atomic weapons. It is presented in full, with minor editing, and begins as follows: Since the first use of an atomic bomb on August 5 [sic], 1945,more » over the city of Hiroshima, Japan, there has been a continual flood of speculation and discussion concerning the effect of this new weapon on military technology. Much of this speculation and discussion has been intelligent and fruitful; much, I regret to say, has had neither of these characteristics. The enormity of the device, in terms of potential destruction and loss of life, and the practical necessity to surround the technical facts with full security restrictions have only combined to make the problem more difficult. At the same time, it is imperative that policymaking personnel in charge of long range national planning know the basic facts concerning atomic weapons and have these facts in a reasonable perspective. This document describes these potentialities in detail.« less

  2. A Physicist Looks at the Terrorist Threat

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Muller, Richard

    2009-05-01

    Many people fear a terrorist nuclear device, smuggled into the United States, as the one weapon that could surpass the destruction and impact of 9-11. I'll review the design of nuclear weapons, with emphasis on the kinds that can be developed by rogue nations, terrorist groups, and high-school students. Saddam, prior to the first gulf war, was developing a uranium bomb, similar to the one that destroyed Hiroshima. His calutrons (named after my university) were destroyed by the United Nations. The North Korean nuclear weapon was, like the U.S. bomb used on Nagasaki, based on plutonium. Its test released the energy equivalent of about 400 tons of TNT. Although some people have speculated that they were attempting to build a small bomb, it is far more likely that this weapon was a fizzle, with less than 1 percent of the plutonium exploded. In contrast, the energy released from burning jet fuel at the 9-11 World Trade Center attack was the equivalent of 900 tons of TNT for each plane -- over twice that of the North Korean Nuke. The damage came from the fact that gasoline delivers 10 kilocalories per gram, about 15 times the energy of an equal weight of TNT. It is this huge energy per gram that also accounts for our addiction to gasoline; per gram, high performance lithium-ion computer batteries carry only 1 percent as much energy. A dirty bomb (radiological weapon) is also unattractive to terrorists because of the threhold effect: doses less than 100 rem produce no radiation illness and will leave no dead bodies at the scene. That may be why al Qaeda instructed Jose Padilla to abandon his plans for a dirty bomb attack in Chicago, and to try a fossil fuel attack (natural gas) instead. I will argue that the biggest terrorist threat is the conventional low-tech one, such as an airplane attack on a crowded stadium using the explosive fuel that they can legally buy at the corner station.

  3. ESD Protective Material and Equipment: A Critical Review

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1982-04-01

    having touched it. It is also of utmost importance that the resistivity of the work surface not change appreciably with changes in temperature , humidity...settings, e.g., temperature . No attempt was made to estimate the relative ease of heat-sealability of the bag materials, all of which use polyethylene...weapon in the battle against ESD. They function in two different ways. First, they reduce the materials’ coefficient of friction by increasing surface

  4. Army requirements for micro and nanotechnology-based sensors in weapons health and battlefield environmental monitoring applications

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Ruffin, Paul; Brantley, Christina; Edwards, Eugene; Hutcheson, Guilford

    2006-03-01

    The Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) and the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have initiated a joint advanced technology demonstration program entitled "Prognostics/Diagnostics for the Future Force (PDFF)" with a key objective of developing low or no power embedded sensor suites for harsh environmental monitoring. The most critical challenge of the program is to specify requirements for the embedded sensor suites which will perform on-board diagnostics, maintain a history of sensor data, and forecast weapon health. The authors are currently collaborating with the PDFF program managers and potential customers to quantify the requirements for remotely operated, micro/nano-technology-based sensors for a host of candidate weapon systems. After requirements are finalized, current micro/nanotechnology-based temperature, humidity, g-shock, vibration and chemical sensors for monitoring the out-gassing of weapons propellant, as well as hazardous gaseous species on the battlefield and in urban environments will be improved to meet the full requirements of the PDFF program. In this paper, performance requirements such as power consumption, reliability, maintainability, survivability, size, and cost, along with the associated technical challenges for micro/nanotechnology-based sensor systems operating in military environments, are discussed. In addition, laboratory results from the design and testing of a wireless sensor array, which was developed using a thin film of functionalized carbon nanotube materials, are presented. Conclusions from the research indicate that the detection of bio-hazardous materials is possible using passive and active wireless sensors based on monitoring the reflected phase from the sensor.

  5. Earth, Wind, Flu, Flood and Fire: Early Evolution of U.S. National Policy for Natural Disaster Response

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-12-11

    Man-made disasters include engineering failures, transportation accidents, industrial accidents, or weapons of mass destruction. Historical...chemical, biological , radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosive incidents. Another exemption is Commander’s Emergency Authority, which authorizes...Pandemic.” In From Birth to Death and Bench to Clinic: The Hastings Center Bioethics Briefing Book for Journalists, Policymakers, and Campaigns. ed. Mary

  6. Mineral Deposits and Mineral Potential of the China Lake Complex of the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1983-12-01

    Tucker and R. J. Sampson. 16 A field check of the area confirmed many of the physical aspects of the property as reported, but the tungsten grades...iron, mercury, perlite, pumice, aggregate, evaporites, travertine, and diatomite . Geothermal and water-producing strata were also investigated. The...Prospect ( Diatomite ) (N-1602) ..... ... 436 Evaporites .......... ....................... .436 Bonanza Group (N-1502) ..... ............... ... 436

  7. OH-58 Helicopter Transmission Failure Analysis

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1976-01-01

    would require rigid stradle mountings in place of the overhung mountings currently on the plane- tary spider. However, there is a probability that...roller bearings with rigid stradle mounting to replace the overhung mounting. This change would re- duce the heat generation in the planet...Weapons System Manager requested NASA-Lewis Research Center’s assistance in upgrading the current OH-58 main rotor transmission in performance and

  8. Review of Radioisotopes as Radiological Weapons

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-06-01

    doses of radiation . Two of the woodsmen devel- oped serious symptoms of Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) and beta radiation burns that required...or organs). Absorbed dose is usually defined as energy deposited (joule) per unit of mass (kilogram). See gray and rad. Acute Radiation Syndrome ...AI alveolar-interstitial ALARA as low as reasonably achievable ARS Acute Radiation Syndrome Bq becquerel C Activity of Concern CDC Centers for

  9. Increasing Competition for Spares within AFLC (Air Force Logistics Center). Revision.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1982-11-30

    Managers 45 On Competing the Production of Weapon Systems 46 Sole Source and Competitive Price Trends in Spare Parts Acquisition 47 Controlled...future directions in research and policy . 3- TOPIC: Acquisition TYPE: AFIT Thesis TITLE: Spares Acquisition Integrated with Production and Its...evaluate Air Force management policies , procedures, practices, and controls over the acquisition and pricing of spare parts. Specific objectives

  10. Coupling Considerations in Assembly Language

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2018-01-05

    report discusses coupling issues arising in assembly language source code, as contrasted to similar issues arising in high order language (HOL...Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) require compliance with DO-178B and DO-178C, which contain guidelines relating to data and control coupling. The...considered unknown, but its effect on development and maintenance will serve as indicators on whether the coupling measure is high or low. Both

  11. Image Understanding Research and Its Application to Cartography and Computer-Based Analysis of Aerial Imagery

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1983-09-01

    Report Al-TR-346. Artifcial Intelligence Laboratory, Mamachusetts Institute of Tech- niugy. Cambridge, Mmeh mett. June 19 [G.usmn@ A. Gaman-Arenas...Testbed Coordinator, 415/859-4395 Artificial Intelligence Center Computer Science and Technology Division Prepared for: Defense Advanced Research...to support processing of aerial photographs for such military applications as cartography, Intelligence , weapon guidance, and targeting. A key

  12. Induced Stress, Artificial Environment, Simulated Tactical Operations Center Model

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1973-06-01

    oriented 4 activities or, at best , tre application of dor:trinal i. 14 concepts to command post exercises. Unlike mechanical skills, weapon’s...training model identified as APSTRAT, an acronym indicating aptitude and strategies , be considered as a point of reference. Several instructional...post providing visual and aural sensing tasks and training objective oriented performance tasks. Vintilly, ho concludes that failure should be

  13. Combating Transnational Organized Crime: Strategies and Metrics for the Threat

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-05-01

    TOC to facilitate weapons of mass destruction (WMD). 2. Use open source intelligence ( OSINT ) sources to develop profiles of individuals and...collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources ...Government. All information and sources for this paper were drawn from unclassified materials. Samuel Musa is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center

  14. Operational Focused Simulation

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-12-01

    selected technologies. In order to build the scenario to fit the vignette, the Theater Battle Management Core System ( TBMCS ) databases were adjusted... TBMCS program provided an automated and integrated capability to plan and execute the air battle plan for the modeling and simulation efforts. TBMCS ...is the operational system of record for the Air and Space Operations Center Weapons System (AOC WS). TBMCS provides the Joint/Combined Forces Air

  15. Major New Issues Currently Affecting Government Acquisition.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1987-06-01

    Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) of 1984, Thybony, Inc., 1985. 5. Brechtel, Donald L., Brost , Edward J. and...of Government Contracts, The George Washington Univer- sity, 1986. 3. White, Kevin L., Issues in Navy Management of Major Weapon Systems Warranties...L. Thesis, The National Law Center of George Washington University, Washington, D.C.. February 1982. 2. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), 1984

  16. Weapons Storage Area Survey of Munitions Storage Igloos at Medina Annex, San Antonio, Texas

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2013-11-13

    School of Aerospace Medicine Occupational and Environmental Health Department Consultative Services Division/OEC 2510 Fifth St. Wright-Patterson AFB...a. Purpose: The United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Health Department, Radiation Health ...Attachment 3 with other pertinent regulatory issues. c. Survey Personnel: (1) Health Physicist, Air Force Safety Center (2) Health Physicist, USAFSAM

  17. Product Lifecycle Management Architecture: A Model Based Systems Engineering Analysis.

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Noonan, Nicholas James

    2015-07-01

    This report is an analysis of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) program. The analysis is centered on a need statement generated by a Nuclear Weapons (NW) customer. The need statement captured in this report creates an opportunity for the PLM to provide a robust service as a solution. Lifecycles for both the NW and PLM are analyzed using Model Based System Engineering (MBSE).

  18. Tracking illicit small arms trafficking: implementation of Intentional Firearm Microstamping (IFM) to small arms and light weapons imports and exports

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    Lizotte, Todd E.; Ohar, Orest P.

    2009-09-01

    The illicit trafficking in small arms is an international problem with grave consequences to those who live in less developed nations. To stop any form of trafficking it is important to ensure the ability to track weapons to their sources, there must be a common international system for the marking and tracing of weapons. Under current international law, states may adopt various different weapons marking systems, complicating the identification of the country-of-origin of a weapon [1]. However, these marking technologies are only good for those firearms that are recovered or captured. By instituting Intentional Firearm Microstamping (IFM) a technology that provides a link to a serial or production build number, by embossing the IFM code on to the cartridge that is fired and ejected at the scene. IFM will provide critical forensic intelligence in regions of conflict by helping to identify patterns, trafficking routes and ultimately shut down illicit arms sources and markets that fuel the violence associated with regional genocide, terrorism and/or insurgency groups within warzones. Intentional Firearm Microstamping (IFM) technology will provide a rapid and accurate cartridge-to-firearm identification process, enabling law enforcement both national and international to quickly pursue international arms dealers and other illicit firearm markets. Intentional Firearm Microstamping (IFM) is a patented technology and trace solution where intentional tooling marks are formed or micromachined onto firearms interior surfaces that come into contact or impact the surfaces of cartridge casings. The IFM tooling marks can take the form of alphanumeric codes or encoded geometric codes, such as a barcode. As the firearm is discharged the intentional tooling marks transfer a code to the cartridge casing before it is ejected out of the firearm. When recovered at the scene of an incident, the intentional firearm microstamped cartridge can indentify a specific firearm, without the need to recover that firearm. This paper will explain the key attributes of Intentional Firearm Microstamping technology; including its implementation and application benefits such as developing border security controls and law enforcement capacity world wide to combat illicit trafficking of firearms to terrorists, gangs and/or fueling regional conflicts. The data generated by IFM will be discussed and its application to spatial and temporal mapping of trafficking patterns and other criminal patterns.

  19. A Preliminary Evaluation of the Potential Utility of the Surface Condition Analyzer (SCAN) System for Monitoring Runway Water Depth as Relating to Runway Traction.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1980-01-01

    one year with the savings realized in reduced wear on arresting gear. 2.2 Evaluation of the Potential Utility of the SCAN System for Monitoring Runway...without loss of accuracy due to build-up of rubber and other contaminants on the sensor surface? 2. Can water depth be measured representatively on a...Hargett, E.R., 1974: Skid- Resistance Evaluation of Seven Antihydroplaning Surfaces, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland AP. NM4 87117, 39 pp

  20. Flexible weapons architecture design

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Pyant, William C., III

    Present day air-delivered weapons are of a closed architecture, with little to no ability to tailor the weapon for the individual engagement. The closed architectures require weaponeers to make the target fit the weapon instead of fitting the individual weapons to a target. The concept of a flexible weapons aims to modularize weapons design using an open architecture shell into which different modules are inserted to achieve the desired target fractional damage while reducing cost and civilian casualties. This thesis shows that the architecture design factors of damage mechanism, fusing, weapons weight, guidance, and propulsion are significant in enhancing weapon performance objectives, and would benefit from modularization. Additionally, this thesis constructs an algorithm that can be used to design a weapon set for a particular target class based on these modular components.

  1. Proliferation of nuclear weapons: opportunities for control and abolition.

    PubMed

    Sidel, Victor W; Levy, Barry S

    2007-09-01

    Nuclear weapons pose a particularly destructive threat. Prevention of the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons is urgently important to public health. "Horizontal" proliferation refers to nation-states or nonstate entities that do not have, but are acquiring, nuclear weapons or developing the capability and materials for producing them. "Vertical" proliferation refers to nation-states that do possess nuclear weapons and are increasing their stockpiles of these weapons, improving the technical sophistication or reliability of their weapons, or developing new weapons. Because nation-states or other entities that wish to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons need methods for delivering those weapons, proliferation of delivery mechanisms must also be prevented. Controlling proliferation--and ultimately abolishing nuclear weapons--involves national governments, intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental and professional organizations, and society at large.

  2. Handbook for Nuclear Weapons Effects under Arctic Conditions. Sanitized.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1980-04-30

    Atmos- phere Symposium at Oslo, July 1956, Sutcliffe, R.C., Ed., Pergamon Press, Almsford, NY, 1958, UNCLASSIFIED. Nakonechny, Basil V., The Arctic...venting prior to emision of the first S bubble pulse. If the detonation occurs close enough to the surface so that ice melt is involved in the initial

  3. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Libby, S B; Sessler, A M

    Edward Teller died on September 9, 2003 in Stanford, California at the age of 95. He was both one of the great theoretical physicists of the twentieth century and a leading figure in the development of nuclear weapons and broader defense advocacy. Teller's work in physics, spanning many decades of the twentieth century, includes some of the most fundamental insights in the quantum behaviors of molecules and their spectra, nuclei, surfaces, solid state and spin systems, and plasmas. In the defense arena, Teller is best known for his key insight that made thermonuclear weapons possible. Teller was both a greatmore » scientific collaborator and physics teacher at all levels, known for his openness, generosity, personal warmth, and powerful physical intuition. Many of his graduate students went on to illustrious careers.« less

  4. Measurement of 240Pu/239Pu isotopic ratios in soils from the Marshall Islands using ICP-MS.

    PubMed

    Muramatsu, Y; Hamilton, T; Uchida, S; Tagami, K; Yoshida, S; Robison, W

    2001-10-20

    Nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States in the Marshall Islands produced significant quantities of regional or tropospheric fallout contamination. Here we report on some preliminary inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) measurements of plutonium isolated from seven composite soil samples collected from Bikini, Enewetak and Rongelap Atolls in the northern Marshall Islands. These data show that 240Pu/239Pu isotopic signatures in surface soils from the Marshall Island vary significantly and could potentially be used to help quantify the range and extent of fallout deposition (and associated impacts) from specific weapons tests. 137Cs and 60Co were also determined on the same set of soil samples for comparative purposes.

  5. Youths carrying a weapon or using a weapon in a fight: what makes the difference?

    PubMed

    Thurnherr, Judit; Michaud, Pierre-André; Berchtold, André; Akré, Christina; Suris, Joan-Carles

    2009-04-01

    The objective of this study was to characterize weapon-carrying adolescents and to assess whether weapon carriers differ from weapon users. Data were drawn from a cross-sectional school-based survey of 7548 adolescents aged 16-20 years in Switzerland. Youths carrying a weapon were compared with those who do not. Subsequently, weapon carriers were divided into those who had used it in a fight and those who had not. Individual, family, school and social factors were analyzed using bivariate and stepwise multivariate analysis. For both genders, delinquent behavior and being victim of physical violence were associated with weapon carrying. For males, quarreling while intoxicated, being an apprentice, being sensation seekers, having a tattoo, having a poor relationship with parents and practicing unsafe sex were also related to weapon carrying. Compared with weapon carriers, female weapon users were more likely to be regular smokers. Male weapon users were foreign born, urban and apprentices; had poor school connectedness; practiced unsafe sex and quarreled while intoxicated. Carrying a weapon is a relatively frequent behavior among youths in Switzerland and a sizeable proportion of weapon carriers have used it in a fight. Weapon carrying should be part of the clinical assessment and preventive counseling of adolescents. Preventive programs specific for at-risk youth groups need to be developed.

  6. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Panasyuk,A.; Rosenthal,M.; Efremov, G. V.

    Multilateral mechanisms for the fuel cycle are seen as a potentially important way to create an industrial infrastructure that will support a renaissance and at the same time not contribute to the risk of nuclear proliferation. In this way, international nuclear fuel cycle centers for enrichment can help to provide an assurance of supply of nuclear fuel that will reduce the likelihood that individual states will pursue this sensitive technology, which can be used to produce nuclear material directly usable nuclear weapons. Multinational participation in such mechanisms can also potentially promote transparency, build confidence, and make the implementation of IAEAmore » safeguards more effective or more efficient. At the same time, it is important to ensure that there is no dissemination of sensitive technology. The Russian Federation has taken a lead role in this area by establishing an International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC) for the provision of enrichment services at its uranium enrichment plant located at the Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Complex (AECC). This paper describes how the IUEe is organized, who its members are, and the steps that it has taken both to provide an assured supply of nuclear fuel and to ensure protection of sensitive technology. It also describes the relationship between the IUEC and the IAEA and steps that remain to be taken to enhance its assurance of supply. Using the IUEC as a starting point for discussion, the paper also explores more generally the ways in which features of such fuel cycle centers with multinational participation can have an impact on safeguards arrangements, transparency, and confidence-building. Issues include possible lAEA safeguards arrangements or other links to the IAEA that might be established at such fuel cycle centers, impact of location in a nuclear weapon state, and the transition by the IAEA to State Level safeguards approaches.« less

  7. Arms control and the 1990 NPT review conference: Workshop summary

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Pilat, J.F.

    1990-07-01

    The Center for National Security Studies of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Department of Energy's Office of Arms Control held a workshop on Arms Control and the 1990 NPT Review Conference'' on December 5--6, 1989, at Los Alamos. The fundamental objective of the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to states that do not possess them; however, another of the NPT objectives is to encourage arms control efforts in the nuclear and nonnuclear arenas. Accordingly, under Article VI, each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursuemore » negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.'' This paper discusses ideas put forward at the Review Conference.« less

  8. LANL: Weapons Infrastructure Briefing to Naval Reactors, July 18, 2017

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Chadwick, Frances

    Presentation slides address: The Laboratory infrastructure supports hundreds of high hazard, complex operations daily; LANL’s unique science and engineering infrastructure is critical to delivering on our mission; LANL FY17 Budget & Workforce; Direct-Funded Infrastructure Accounts; LANL Org Chart; Weapons Infrastructure Program Office; The Laboratory’s infrastructure relies on both Direct and Indirect funding; NA-50’s Operating, Maintenance & Recapitalization funding is critical to the execution of the mission; Los Alamos is currently executing several concurrent Line Item projects; Maintenance @ LANL; NA-50 is helping us to address D&D needs; We are executing a CHAMP Pilot Project at LANL; G2 = Main Toolmore » for Program Management; MDI: Future Investments are centered on facilities with a high Mission Dependency Index; Los Alamos hosted first “Deep Dive” in November 2016; Safety, Infrastructure & Operations is one of the most important programs at LANL, and is foundational for our mission success.« less

  9. Associations of Teen Dating Violence Victimization With School Violence and Bullying Among US High School Students*

    PubMed Central

    Vivolo-Kantor, Alana M.; Olsen, Emily O’malley; Bacon, Sarah

    2016-01-01

    BACKGROUND Teen dating violence (TDV) negatively impacts health, mental and physical well-being, and school performance. METHODS Data from a nationally representative sample of high school students participating in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) are used to demonstrate associations of physical and sexual TDV with school violence-related experiences and behaviors, including bullying victimization. Bivariate and adjusted sex-stratified regressions assessed relationships between TDV and school violence-related experiences and behaviors. RESULTS Compared to students not reporting TDV, those experiencing both physical and sexual TDV were more likely to report carrying a weapon at school, missing school because they felt unsafe, being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property, having a physical fight at school, and being bullied on school property. CONCLUSIONS School-based prevention efforts should target multiple forms of violence. PMID:27374352

  10. The evolution of a health hazard assessment database management system for military weapons, equipment, and materiel.

    PubMed

    Murnyak, George R; Spencer, Clark O; Chaney, Ann E; Roberts, Welford C

    2002-04-01

    During the 1970s, the Army health hazard assessment (HHA) process developed as a medical program to minimize hazards in military materiel during the development process. The HHA Program characterizes health hazards that soldiers and civilians may encounter as they interact with military weapons and equipment. Thus, it is a resource for medical planners and advisors to use that can identify and estimate potential hazards that soldiers may encounter as they train and conduct missions. The U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine administers the program, which is integrated with the Army's Manpower and Personnel Integration program. As the HHA Program has matured, an electronic database has been developed to record and monitor the health hazards associated with military equipment and systems. The current database tracks the results of HHAs and provides reporting designed to assist the HHA Program manager in daily activities.

  11. Youths Carrying a Weapon or Using a Weapon in a Fight: What Makes the Difference?

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Thurnherr, Judit; Michaud, Pierre-Andre; Berchtold, Andre; Akre, Christina; Suris, Joan-Carles

    2009-01-01

    The objective of this study was to characterize weapon-carrying adolescents and to assess whether weapon carriers differ from weapon users. Data were drawn from a cross-sectional school-based survey of 7548 adolescents aged 16-20 years in Switzerland. Youths carrying a weapon were compared with those who do not. Subsequently, weapon carriers were…

  12. Saturday night's alright for fighting: antisocial traits, fighting, and weapons carrying in a large sample of youth.

    PubMed

    Ferguson, Christopher J; Cricket Meehan, D

    2010-12-01

    The current study examines risk and protective factors for youth antisocial personality and behavior from a multivariate format. It is hoped that this research will elucidate those risk and protective factors most important for focus of future prevention and intervention efforts. The current study examines multiple factors associated with youth antisocial traits and behavior in a sample of 8,256 youth (mean age 14), with the goal of identifying the strongest and most consistent risk or protective factors. Data was collected from the Ohio version of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System's (YRBSS) school-based Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) developed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Hierarchical multiple regression analyses identified peer delinquency, drug use and negative community influences as predictive of antisocial traits. Schools and families functioned as protective factors. Youth who fought frequently tended to be male, antisocial, dug using, depressed, and associated with delinquent peers. Weapons carrying was most common among drug using, antisocial males. Television and video game use were not predictive of antisocial, fighting or weapons carrying outcomes. Developmental patterns across age ranges regarding the relative importance of specific risk factors were also examined. Strategies for intervention and prevention of youth violence that focus on peers, neighborhoods, depression, and families may be particularly likely to bear fruit.

  13. Sandia National Laboratories: National Security Missions: Nuclear Weapons:

    Science.gov Websites

    Safety & Security Sandia National Laboratories Exceptional service in the national interest & Figures Programs Nuclear Weapons About Nuclear Weapons Safety & Security Weapons Science & Twitter YouTube Flickr RSS Top Nuclear Weapons About Nuclear Weapons at Sandia Safety & Security

  14. Level II Documentation of Launch Complex 31/32, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2008-12-01

    a mobile launcher tied down on the concrete pad, with a concrete flame bucket descending off one side of the surface area (Figure...pedestal (Figure 9). The complex’s Launch Pad 10 was a hex- agonal reinforced concrete surface with tie down points and a concrete flame bucket at its...fuel propel- lant.126 This allowed for rapid deployment, and for a more effective and less expensive weapon system . Technological advancements

  15. The Implications of the Rise of China’s Military for Mongolian Security

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-06-01

    Regional Forum ASAT – Anti-satellite ASUW – Anti- surface warfare ASW – Antisubmarine Warfare AWACS – Airborne Warning and Control System CCP – Chinese...Military Region NAM – Non-Aligned Movements NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization NCO – Non-commissioned Officer NWFZ – Nuclear-Weapon- Free Zone...currency ROC – Republic of China RRU – Rapid Reaction Units SAM – Surface to Air Missile SCO – Shanghai Cooperation Organization SIPRI – Stockholm

  16. 32 CFR 234.10 - Weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 2 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Weapons. 234.10 Section 234.10 National Defense... PENTAGON RESERVATION § 234.10 Weapons. (a) Except as otherwise authorized under this section, the following are prohibited: (1) Possessing a weapon. (2) Carrying a weapon. (3) Using a weapon. (b) This section...

  17. 32 CFR 234.10 - Weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 2 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Weapons. 234.10 Section 234.10 National Defense... PENTAGON RESERVATION § 234.10 Weapons. (a) Except as otherwise authorized under this section, the following are prohibited: (1) Possessing a weapon. (2) Carrying a weapon. (3) Using a weapon. (b) This section...

  18. 32 CFR 234.10 - Weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 2 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Weapons. 234.10 Section 234.10 National Defense... PENTAGON RESERVATION § 234.10 Weapons. (a) Except as otherwise authorized under this section, the following are prohibited: (1) Possessing a weapon. (2) Carrying a weapon. (3) Using a weapon. (b) This section...

  19. 32 CFR 234.10 - Weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 2 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Weapons. 234.10 Section 234.10 National Defense... PENTAGON RESERVATION § 234.10 Weapons. (a) Except as otherwise authorized under this section, the following are prohibited: (1) Possessing a weapon. (2) Carrying a weapon. (3) Using a weapon. (b) This section...

  20. 32 CFR 234.10 - Weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 2 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Weapons. 234.10 Section 234.10 National Defense... PENTAGON RESERVATION § 234.10 Weapons. (a) Except as otherwise authorized under this section, the following are prohibited: (1) Possessing a weapon. (2) Carrying a weapon. (3) Using a weapon. (b) This section...

  1. Temporal variations of 90Sr and 137Cs concentrations in Japanese coastal surface seawater and sediments from 1974 to 1998

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Ikeuchi, Yoshihiro

    2003-09-01

    90Sr and 137Cs concentrations were determined in surface water and bottom sediments collected at 11 sites offshore from Japan during the period 1974-1998, to investigate their temporal variations and behaviour in the coastal marine environment. The concentrations of 90Sr and 137Cs in surface water have decreased with time since 1974. After the period of atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, the mean residence times of 90Sr and 137Cs were about 41 and 51 years, respectively. The 137Cs/ 90Sr activity ratios in coastal seawater during the atmospheric nuclear weapons tests (up until 1980) were lower than those after the tests due to the inflow of 90Sr in river water. A sharp increase in 137Cs levels was observed in airborne dust, in precipitation on the Japanese islands, and in coastal surface seawater in 1986 following the Chernobyl accident. However, the 137Cs levels in surface water returned to pre-1986 levels quickly, indicating rapid removal of Cs from the surface to deeper water. Concentrations of 90Sr in sediments were generally much lower than those for 137Cs, reflecting the more effective scavenging of Cs from the water column. In Ca-rich sediments, consisting of corals and shells, higher 90Sr levels and 90Sr/ 137Cs activity ratios were found, reflecting higher accumulation of Sr than Cs in marine organisms. Higher accumulation of 90Sr than 137Cs was also found in seaweed (gulfweed and wakame).

  2. Permeation Studies of CW Agents with Fabric Treated with 8-Hydroxyquinoline

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-12-01

    Jeffery R. Owens AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER CENTER AFCEC/CXAE, Tyndall AFB, FL 32403-5320 December 2017 Approved for public release: distribution...P.O. Box 68, Gunpowder, MD 21010-0068 Universal Technology Corp.; 139 Barnes Drive Suite 2 Tyndall AFB, FL 32404-5325 Air Force Civil Engineer ...moisture transport. The garment prevents exposure to outside chemical weapons agents (CWAs) by reacting or reducing permeation of the CWA. By

  3. Wood evidence : proper collection, documentation, and storage of wood evidence from a crime scene

    Treesearch

    Alex Wiedenhoeft

    2006-01-01

    Wood can be found at crime scenes in many forms: as a murder weapon, as material used to hide a body, or as trace evidence from forced entry or vandalism. In the course of my work at the Forest Products Laboratory, Center for Wood Anatomy Research, I have been part of several forensic investigations that were adversely affected by inappropriate procedures used to...

  4. Weapons Systems, United States Army 1997.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1997-01-01

    fewer grenades, a new warhead section fuze and a modified center core burster. The XM85 grenade is equipped with a new self -destruct fuze designed to...Liquid Propellant Gun and an automated loading system. Crusader also requires 3 fewer crewmen than previous self -propelled artillery systems. The new ...market, creating new market opportunities for commercial rotocraft and ensuring the continued supremacy of this technol- ogy that is so critical to

  5. United States Air Force Graduate Student Research Program. 1989 Program Management Report

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1989-12-01

    research at Air Force laboratories /centers. Each assignment is in a subject area and at an Air Force facility mutually agreed upon by the...housing difficult to find, c) 10 weeks too short for research period. June 20, 1989 Astronautics Laboratory Edwards Air Force Base, California June 21...1989 HRL: Operations Training Division Williams Air Force Base, Arizona June 22, 1989 Weapons Laboratory Kirtland Air

  6. Convair-240 aircraft modified with shuttle hatch for CES testing

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1987-01-01

    Shuttle Crew Escape System (CES) hardware includes space shuttle side hatch incorporated into Convair-240 aircraft at Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California. Closeup shows dummy positioned in the Convair-240 escape hatch. Beginning this month, tests will be conducted here to evaluate a tractor rocket system - one of two escape methods being studied by NASA to provide crew egress capability during Space Shuttle controlled gliding flight.

  7. A Total Management Measurement Model for the Naval Weapons Center

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1991-02-01

    Efficiency Productivity Public safety Employee safety Safety’Sccurity Customer safety Product security _ Quality of worklife Corporate Concern for...3 Corporate-ievel measures should represent a balance of in-house expertise; types of customers; and issues that surpass the customers’ I expertise...consideration. Examining the balance of distribution of these resources is also important. Addressing these issues would link the best potential to the most

  8. An All-Hazards Training Center for a Catastrophic Emergency

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-12-01

    Physical Security, Military Academy, and Medical Service Corps. He held college faculty appointments as: adjunct professor for California College...Stewart has more than 20 years experience in healthcare as a Respiratory Care Practitioner. He is a registered respiratory therapist and practiced in...program.43 “The barriers to developing a nuclear weapon today are not intellectual; the barriers instead are the physical requirements needed to make a

  9. Ultrasonic Imaging and Automated Flaw Detection System

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1986-03-01

    176 007 !----------------------------- DS 176 500 ------------------------- ! STEPPER MOOC TOR MAP 176 ~ ~ IGR 509------------------- I I28 * 4W...ATTN: SMCAR-CCB-R 2 -R (ELLEN FOGARTY) 1 -RA 1 -RM 1 -RP I -RT TECHNICAL LIBRARY 5 ATTN: SMCAR-CCB-TL TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS & EDITING UNIT 2 ATTN...WEAPONS CTR ATTN: TECHNICAL LIBRARY CODE X212 DAIILGREN, VA 22448 ’.1 -_ NOTE: PLEASE NOTIFY COMMANDER, ARMAMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, US

  10. Predicting the Mobility and Burial of Underwater Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Using the UXO Mobility Model (ESTCP) 200417

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-11-01

    Abbreviations and Acronyms Acronym Definition ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler AGD Applications Guidance Document ARAMS Army Risk Assessment Modeling...Center iv NESDI Navy Environmental Sustainability Development to Integration NOS National Ocean Service NS Naval Station NWS Naval Weapons...Plan QAS Quality Assurance Specialist RAC Risk Assessment Code REF/DIF Refraction/Diffraction ROI Return on Investment SAJ Dr. Scott A. Jenkins

  11. A Study by Contact Angle of the Acid-Base Behavior of Monolayers Containing W-Mercaptocarboxylic Acids Absorbed on Gold: An Example of Reactive Spreading

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1989-11-01

    1966,22, 138-143. 27 Joos, P. Bull. Soc. Chim. Belges 1971, 80, 277-281. 28 Patil, G. S.; Matthews, R. H.; Cornwell , D. G. In Monolayers; Goddard, E...Commanding Officer 1 Chief of Naval Research Naval Weapons Support Center Special Assistant Attn: Dr. Bernard E. Douda for Marine Corps Matters Crane

  12. Fire As A Weapon: High Rise Structures

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-12-01

    Trade Center, Happyland fire, Taj Mahal Fire, fire bombing , inferno terror, terrorist arsonists, counter-terrorism, arson attacks 15. NUMBER OF PAGES...kill civilians throughout the building without the attackers setting bombs throughout. However, the literature does not reflect the emerging threat...requiring the expertise to build bombs or anything of that nature; in other words, everyone can burn a house down, but it takes time and skill to blow it up

  13. Improved airfield damage assessment System (IADAS) capstone

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-09-01

    96  Figure C-1.  Russian RBK-500 BetAB Cluster Bomb . Sources: Jane’s Air Launched Weapons (2007) and Flankers Site (2017...127  Figure C-2.  Russian RBK-500RTM AO Cluster Bomb . Sources: International Campaign to Ban Landmines (2012) and The Fighter...AFCEC Air Force Civil Engineer Center AoA analysis of alternatives CBU cluster bomb unit CCDR combatant commanders COCOMO II Constructive Cost Model

  14. Weapons Effects in Cities. Volume 2. Appendices

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1974-12-01

    reenforced 1st Division’s defense of the compound, its manpower decimated by the roadblock fight which had also cost it 12 AFCs destroyed. On coming...CONFIDENTIAL). 159. Calfee, Dewey , E. Limited Range Test of the M-16 Rifle with Eight Types of Rifle and Hand Grenades. (AD458570), Eglin Air...30 September 1954. 165. Defense Documentation Center. Propellant Flashes. A DDC Biblio- graphy (U). (AD516700), Alexandria, Virginia: Defense

  15. Structures to Resist the Effects of Accidental Explosions

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1990-11-01

    Mott, R.I., A Theory of Fragmentation, Army Operational Research Group Memorandun, 113-AC-6427, Great Britain, 1943. 77. Non -Nuclear Weapons Effects...58.1. General Elements which protect non -sensitive explosives may be designed for controlled post-failure fragments with a substantial cost savings...6-49.3.2. Platform Characteristics A platform for group mounted systems offers great flexibility in controlling the center of gravity of the

  16. 2010 Annual Report (National Defense Center for Energy and Environment)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-01-01

    a prototype system for reforming JP-8 to enable the use of fuel cells in theater. Energy, water, and waste reduction are tied to NDCEE efforts to...modernize Army ammunition plants , reducing costs and ensuring a steady supply of ammunition to the warfighter. At Fort Campbell, KY, newly...operating costs at Holston and Radford Army Ammunition Plants . Weapon systems ESOHE efforts also included optimizing various depot maintenance processes

  17. Irregular Forces in Counterinsurgency Operations: Their Roles and Considerations

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-05-10

    highways channelized traffic between the larger population centers. Iraq’s oil reserves, conservatively estimated at 350 billion barrels , were the...laws, the easy availability of weapons made this matter hard to enforce. CF provided concrete barriers and other material to reinforce traffic control...sniper rifles, and handguns . To reduce GOI concerns of SOI rebellion, CF required all SOIs to obey Iraqi laws to include curfews when not on duty

  18. Linear Chebyshev Complex Function Approximation.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1981-02-26

    CONTINUE C C C LEVEL I C C LEVaI KwC 30 KUKeI C C THE NEXT VARIABLE IS NOT USED, BUT IS IN THE PUBLISHED CODE. KPIuKi1 C NPI MK=NP 1-K MODE2 0 DO 40 J=K,M...WEAPONS CENTER, Silver Spring, Code 432-4 (Egbert H. Jackson)I DWTNSRDC ANNAI DWTNSRDC CARDI NRL, Code 5330 (Dr. Robert J. Adams ), 5209 (Russell M. Brown

  19. Air Force Intelligence Role in Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (Maxwell Paper, Number 39)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2006-11-01

    Zielinski , National Counterproliferation Center chief of staff, interview by the author, 3 February 2006. 42...Col Joe Pridotkas, NASIC/CC, interview by the author, 28 Febru- ary 2006. 29 78. Report to the President, 6. 79. Sandi Zielinski , National...Force C-CBRNE Master Plan, 30 June 2004, 5. 84. Dave Coffey, Air Combat Command IS/FPI, interview by the author, 2 February 2006. 85. Col

  20. Multi-Hazard Shelter Incentive Programs

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1985-09-01

    by strategic "nuclear missiles. This could pave the way for arms control measures to eliminate the weapons themselves." 9 The following year, the...the idea of a policy change that would emphasize strategic defense. The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), in response to a question from...emergency control centers and program N> management) has been equally divided between the Federal government and the States. Therefore, the rfecedent e

  1. 3 CFR - Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... to the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Presidential Documents Other Presidential... Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction On November 14, 1994, by Executive Order 12938, the President... chemical weapons (weapons of mass destruction) and the means of delivering such weapons. On July 28, 1998...

  2. Tidal and Lunar Data for Point Mugu, San Nicolas Island, and the Barking Sands Area During 1988.

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    1987-12-31

    C l vNvN-A -0%Ow’!’N N r--Me’a In v-(v0r-v inav -f -X W WI- 0 -!)0 N~o CD NI- 0V NMQ-N o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ V KU LMM tt-y d tL) J O’ed.ci I o -a NM...Commander Third Fleet 1 Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-7500 Commander Naval Weapons Center Attn: Earth and Planetary Sciences Division 1 Code 343 (Technical...Center P.O. Box 271 Attn: Fishery-Oceanographic Group La Jolla, CA 92037 University of California Department of Biological Sciences Attn: Dr. A. M

  3. The World Trade Center Attack: Eye witness: observations of a physician on the outside looking in

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    Chalfin, Donald B

    2001-01-01

    Having personally witnessed the destruction at the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, this paper presents my personal feelings and observations as an observer of both disaster and terror. Aside from the unimaginable horror as a result of the carnage, a feeling of helplessness was particularly prominent due to the inability to be able to care for casualties since most victims were fatalities. The passage of time has enabled a return to normalcy, however 'normalcy' carries a new definition due to the vastness of the tragedy and the sudden threat of bioterrorism and other weapons of mass destruction. PMID:11737914

  4. [Chemical weapons and chemical terrorism].

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    Nakamura, Katsumi

    2005-10-01

    Chemical Weapons are kind of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). They were used large quantities in WWI. Historically, large quantities usage like WWI was not recorded, but small usage has appeared now and then. Chemical weapons are so called "Nuclear weapon for poor countrys" because it's very easy to produce/possession being possible. They are categorized (1) Nerve Agents, (2) Blister Agents, (3) Cyanide (blood) Agents, (4) Pulmonary Agents, (5) Incapacitating Agents (6) Tear Agents from the viewpoint of human body interaction. In 1997 the Chemical Weapons Convention has taken effect. It prohibits chemical weapons development/production, and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) verification regime contributes to the chemical weapons disposal. But possibility of possession/use of weapons of mass destruction by terrorist group represented in one by Matsumoto and Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack, So new chemical terrorism countermeasures are necessary.

  5. Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Opportunities for Control and Abolition

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    Sidel, Victor W.; Levy, Barry S.

    2007-01-01

    Nuclear weapons pose a particularly destructive threat. Prevention of the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons is urgently important to public health. “Horizontal” proliferation refers to nation-states or nonstate entities that do not have, but are acquiring, nuclear weapons or developing the capability and materials for producing them. “Vertical” proliferation refers to nation-states that do possess nuclear weapons and are increasing their stockpiles of these weapons, improving the technical sophistication or reliability of their weapons, or developing new weapons. Because nation-states or other entities that wish to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons need methods for delivering those weapons, proliferation of delivery mechanisms must also be prevented. Controlling proliferation—and ultimately abolishing nuclear weapons—involves national governments, intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental and professional organizations, and society at large. PMID:17666690

  6. Bugs and gas: Agreements banning chemical and biological weapons

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    Mikulak, Robert P.

    2017-11-01

    The use of chemical or biological weapons, whether by a State or terrorists, continues to be a serious security concern. Both types of weapons are prohibited by multilateral treaties that have very broad membership, but both the Biological Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention are facing major challenges. In particular, the continued use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war by government forces risks eroding the norm against the use of such weapons. This paper briefly explore the recent history of efforts to constrain chemical and biological weapons and outlines challenges for the future.

  7. Perceived popularity of adolescents who use weapons in violence and adolescents who only carry weapons.

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    Wallace, Lacey N

    2017-01-01

    Prior research has found that persistently delinquent youth or more violent youth were less popular than their less delinquent peers (Young, 2013). However, recent research has also found that weapon carrying is associated with being more popular in adolescence (Dijkstra et al., 2010). The present paper examines the perceived popularity of adolescents who carry weapons in comparison to those who both carry and use weapons in acts of violence or threatened violence. Data consist of two waves from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Analyses use OLS regression with lagged predictors. This paper found no differences in number of friends between weapon carriers and weapon users. However, among both male and female gang members, those who did not use or carry weapons (abstainers) named significantly fewer friends than weapon users. Among females, weapon abstainers both named and were named by significantly more people than weapon users. These differences were not observed for males. Implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed.

  8. Rapid Estimation of Building Damage by Conventional Weapons

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-09-01

    impulse applied to reflect surface 17 iso = impulse of incident wave t0 = wave duration Lw = wavelength of incident wave ta = arrival time...floor area = 3 x 100 x 90 = 27000 ft2 Tributary area support per column = 27000 /30 = 900 ft2 Therefore, the tributary area supported by a column is

  9. Optical and Electronic Transport Properties of Luminescent Semiconductors, Amorphous Materials and Metastable Solids.

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    1979-02-26

    Williams, Electronic States of Semiconductors with Graded Periodic Inhomogeneities, Phys. Rev. Eli, 2200 (1975) . 7. P. DiBona and R. Ewing, ESR of...Fellow) - K. Daghir, Ph.D. (1974) (IBM) P. DiBona , M.S. (1967), Ph.D. (1974) (U.S. Navy, Surface Weapons Research Laboratory) D. Hoover (current

  10. 50 CFR 217.115 - Requirements for monitoring and reporting.

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    2014-10-01

    ... pre-exercise and post-exercise activities related to mitigating and monitoring the effects of PSW/air... Weapon and Air-to-Surface Gunnery Missions at Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range (EGTTR) in the Gulf of... aboard the operations vessel. (3) Pre-mission Monitoring: Approximately 5 hours prior to the mission, or...

  11. 36 CFR 2.4 - Weapons, traps and nets.

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    2011-07-01

    ... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Weapons, traps and nets. 2.4... PROTECTION, PUBLIC USE AND RECREATION § 2.4 Weapons, traps and nets. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in... prohibited: (i) Possessing a weapon, trap or net (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net (iii) Using a weapon...

  12. 36 CFR 2.4 - Weapons, traps and nets.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 1 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Weapons, traps and nets. 2.4... PROTECTION, PUBLIC USE AND RECREATION § 2.4 Weapons, traps and nets. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in... prohibited: (i) Possessing a weapon, trap or net (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net (iii) Using a weapon...

  13. 36 CFR 2.4 - Weapons, traps and nets.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Weapons, traps and nets. 2.4... PROTECTION, PUBLIC USE AND RECREATION § 2.4 Weapons, traps and nets. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in... prohibited: (i) Possessing a weapon, trap or net (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net (iii) Using a weapon...

  14. 36 CFR 2.4 - Weapons, traps and nets.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Weapons, traps and nets. 2.4... PROTECTION, PUBLIC USE AND RECREATION § 2.4 Weapons, traps and nets. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in... prohibited: (i) Possessing a weapon, trap or net (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net (iii) Using a weapon...

  15. 36 CFR 2.4 - Weapons, traps and nets.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Weapons, traps and nets. 2.4... PROTECTION, PUBLIC USE AND RECREATION § 2.4 Weapons, traps and nets. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in... prohibited: (i) Possessing a weapon, trap or net (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net (iii) Using a weapon...

  16. The weapons effect.

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    Benjamin, Arlin James; Bushman, Brad J

    2018-02-01

    In some societies, weapons are plentiful and highly visible. This review examines recent trends in research on the weapons effect, which is the finding that the mere presence of weapons can prime people to behave aggressively. The General Aggression Model provides a theoretical framework to explain why the weapons effect occurs. This model postulates that exposure to weapons increases aggressive thoughts and hostile appraisals, thus explaining why weapons facilitate aggressive behavior. Data from meta-analytic reviews are consistent with the General Aggression Model. These findings have important practical as well as theoretical implications. They suggest that the link between weapons and aggression is very strong in semantic memory, and that merely seeing a weapon can make people more aggressive. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  17. Multispectral signature analysis measurements of selected sniper rifles and small arms

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    Law, David B.; Carapezza, Edward M.; Csanadi, Christina J.; Edwards, Gerald D.; Hintz, Todd M.; Tong, Ronald M.

    1997-02-01

    During October 1995 - June 1996, the Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center RDT&E Division (NRaD), under sponsorship from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), conducted an intensive series of multi-spectral signature analyses of typical sniper weapons. Multi-spectral signatures of the muzzle flashes from rifles and pistols and some imagery of the bullets in flight were collected. Multi- spectral signatures of the muzzle flash were collected in the infrared (2.5 - 14.5 microns), visible -- near-IR (400 - 1200 nanometers), and the ultra-violet (185 - 400 nanometers) wavelength regions. These measurements consisted of high spectral resolution (0.0159 micron) measurements of the spectral radiance of the muzzle flash. A time history plot of the muzzle flash as it evolves just forward of the end of the muzzle is provided. These measurements were performed with a CI Systems Model SR5000 IR/Visible spectroradiometer and an Ocean Optics Model PC1000 UV spectroradiometer. Muzzle flash infrared imagery is provided to show the effect that specific muzzle breaks have on the resulting muzzle flash. The following set of sniper weapons were included in this test: AK-47, SKS, M16A2, M-14, FN-FAL, SMLE IIa, 03 Springfield, SVD Dragunov, 50 caliber McMillan, and a 45 caliber ACP pistol. The results of this signature analysis show that important measurable electro-optical differences do exist between all these weapons in terms of spectral radiance of the flash, spectral content of the gun powders, and spectral shapes/geometries of the muzzle flashes. These differences were sufficient such that, after a more complete data base is collected, it will be possible to develop a passive electro-optical weapon and ammunition identifier.

  18. Surface water processes in the Indonesian throughflow as documented by a high-resolution coral Δ14C record

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    Fallon, Stewart J.; Guilderson, Thomas P.

    2008-09-01

    To explore the seasonal to decadal variability in surface water masses that contribute to the Indonesian throughflow, we have generated a 115-year bimonthly coral-based radiocarbon time series from a coral in the Makassar Straits. In the pre-bomb (pre-1955) era from 1890 to 1954, the radiocarbon time series occasionally displays a small seasonal signal (10-15‰). After 1954 the radiocarbon record increases rapidly, in response to the increased atmospheric 14C content caused by nuclear weapons testing. From 1957 to 1986 the record displays clear seasonal variability from 15 to 60‰ and the post-bomb peak (163 per mil) occurred in 1974. The seasonal cycle of radiocarbon can be attributed to variations of surface waters passing through the South Makassar Strait. Southern Makassar is under the influence of the Northwest Monsoon, which is responsible for the high austral summer radiocarbon (North Pacific waters) and the Southeast Monsoon that flushes back a mixture of low (South Pacific and upwelling altered) radiocarbon water from the Banda Sea. The coral record also shows a significant 14C peak in 1955 due to the bomb-14C water advected into this region from nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands in 1954.

  19. Proceedings of the Conference on the Design of Experiments in Army Research Development and Testing (36th)

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    1991-08-01

    and pressure data collected during the four seasons at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico , are converted for use in artillery surface-to-surface...155-mm weapon system fired at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico , did not reach an apogee of 30 km. For the low-angle simulations, the projectile...Range, Now Mexico , during 1989. A sample of 226 rawinsonde flighto containing representative sets for each of the four seasons is used an the met data

  20. Correlates of weapon carrying in school among adolescents in three countries.

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    Stickley, Andrew; Koyanagi, Ai; Koposov, Roman; Blatný, Marek; Hrdlička, Michal; Schwab-Stone, Mary; Ruchkin, Vladislav

    2015-01-01

    To determine the factors associated with weapon carrying in school among Czech, Russian, and US adolescents. Logistic regression was used to analyze data drawn from the Social and Health Assessment (SAHA). Violent behavior (perpetration / victimization) was linked to adolescent weapon carrying in all countries. Substance use was associated with weapon carrying among boys in all countries. Greater parental warmth reduced the odds for weapon carrying among Czech and Russian adolescents. Associating with delinquent peers was important for weapon carrying only among US adolescents. Factors associated with weapon carrying in school vary among countries although violent behavior and substance use may be associated with weapon carrying across countries.

  1. Analyses of battle casualties by weapon type aboard U.S. Navy warships.

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    Blood, C G

    1992-03-01

    The number of casualties was determined for 513 incidents involving U.S. Navy warships sunk or damaged during World War II. Ship type and weapon were significant factors in determining the numbers of wounded and killed. Multiple weapon attacks and kamikazes yielded more wounded in action than other weapon types. Multiple weapons and torpedos resulted in a higher incidence of killed in action than other weapons. Penetrating wounds and burns were the most prominent injury types. Kamikaze attacks yielded significantly more burns than incidents involving bombs, gunfire, torpedos, mines, and multiple weapons. Mine explosions were responsible for more strains, sprains, and dislocations than the other weapon types.

  2. Cold plasma decontamination using flexible jet arrays

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    Konesky, Gregory

    2010-04-01

    Arrays of atmospheric discharge cold plasma jets have been used to decontaminate surfaces of a wide range of microorganisms quickly, yet not damage that surface. Its effectiveness in decomposing simulated chemical warfare agents has also been demonstrated, and may also find use in assisting in the cleanup of radiological weapons. Large area jet arrays, with short dwell times, are necessary for practical applications. Realistic situations will also require jet arrays that are flexible to adapt to contoured or irregular surfaces. Various large area jet array prototypes, both planar and flexible, are described, as is the application to atmospheric decontamination.

  3. Multi-Decadal Global Cooling and Unprecedented Ozone Loss Following a Regional Nuclear Conflict

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    Mills, M. J.; Toon, O. B.; Lee-Taylor, J. M.; Robock, A.

    2014-12-01

    We present the first study of the global impacts of a regional nuclear war with an Earth system model including atmospheric chemistry, ocean dynamics, and interactive sea-ice and land models (Mills et al., 2014). A limited, regional nuclear war between India and Pakistan in which each side detonates 50 15-kt weapons could produce about 5 Tg of black carbon. This would self-loft to the stratosphere, where it would spread globally, producing a sudden drop in surface temperatures and intense heating of the stratosphere. Using the Community Earth System Model with the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (CESM1(WACCM)), we calculate an e-folding time of 8.7 years for stratospheric black carbon, compared to 4-6.5 years for previous studies (figure panel a). Our calculations show that global ozone losses of 20-50% over populated areas, levels unprecedented in human history, would accompany the coldest average surface temperatures in the last 1000 years (figure panel c). We calculate summer enhancements in UV indices of 30-80% over Mid-Latitudes, suggesting widespread damage to human health, agriculture, and terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Killing frosts would reduce growing seasons by 10-40 days per year for 5 years. Surface temperatures would be reduced for more than 25 years, due to thermal inertia and albedo effects in the ocean and expanded sea ice. The combined cooling and enhanced UV would put significant pressures on global food supplies and could trigger a global nuclear famine. Knowledge of the impacts of 100 small nuclear weapons should motivate the elimination of the more than 17,000 nuclear weapons that exist today. Mills, M. J., O. B. Toon, J. Lee-Taylor, and A. Robock (2014), Multidecadal global cooling and unprecedented ozone loss following a regional nuclear conflict, Earth's Future, 2(4), 161-176, doi:10.1002/2013EF000205.

  4. Testing three explanations of the emergence of weapon carrying in peer context: the roles of aggression, victimization, and the social network.

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    Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis; Gest, Scott D; Lindenberg, Siegwart; Veenstra, René; Cillessen, Antonius H N

    2012-04-01

    To examine the relative contribution of weapon carrying of peers, aggression, and victimization to weapon carrying of male and female adolescents over time. Data were derived from a population-based sample of male (N = 224) and female (N = 244) adolescents followed from grade 10 (M age = 15.5) to grade 11 (M age = 16.5). Peer networks were derived from best friend nominations. Self-reports were used to assess weapon carrying. Aggression and victimization were assessed using both self- and peer-reports. Use of dynamic social network modeling (SIENA) allowed prediction of weapon carrying in grade 11 as a function of weapon carrying of befriended peers, aggression, and victimization in grade 10, while selection processes and structural network effects (reciprocity and transitivity) were controlled for. Peer influence processes accounted for changes in weapon carrying over time. Self-reported victimization decreased weapon carrying 1 year later. Peer-reported victimization increased the likelihood of weapon carrying, particularly for highly aggressive adolescents. Boys were more likely to carry weapons than girls, but the processes associated with weapon carrying did not differ for boys and girls. These findings revealed that, in this population-based sample, weapon carrying of best friends, as well as aggression, contributed to the proliferation of weapons in friendship networks, suggesting processes of peer contagion as well as individual vulnerability to weapon carrying. Copyright © 2012 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  5. Weapon carrying and psychopathic-like features in a population-based sample of Finnish adolescents.

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    Saukkonen, Suvi; Laajasalo, Taina; Jokela, Markus; Kivivuori, Janne; Salmi, Venla; Aronen, Eeva T

    2016-02-01

    We investigated the prevalence of juvenile weapon carrying and psychosocial and personality-related risk factors for carrying different types of weapons in a nationally representative, population-based sample of Finnish adolescents. Specifically, we aimed to investigate psychopathic-like personality features as a risk factor for weapon carrying. The participants were 15-16-year-old adolescents from the Finnish self-report delinquency study (n = 4855). Four different groups were formed based on self-reported weapon carrying: no weapon carrying, carrying knife, gun or other weapon. The associations between psychosocial factors, psychopathic-like features and weapon carrying were examined with multinomial logistic regression analysis. 9% of the participants had carried a weapon in the past 12 months. Adolescents with a history of delinquency, victimization and antisocial friends were more likely to carry weapons in general; however, delinquency and victimization were most strongly related to gun carrying, while perceived peer delinquency (antisocial friends) was most strongly related to carrying a knife. Better academic performance was associated with a reduced likelihood of carrying a gun and knife, while feeling secure correlated with a reduced likelihood of gun carrying only. Psychopathic-like features were related to a higher likelihood of weapon carrying, even after adjusting for other risk factors. The findings of the study suggest that adolescents carrying a weapon have a large cluster of problems in their lives, which may vary based on the type of weapon carried. Furthermore, psychopathic-like features strongly relate to a higher risk of carrying a weapon.

  6. Perceived popularity of adolescents who use weapons in violence and adolescents who only carry weapons

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    Wallace, Lacey N.

    2017-01-01

    Prior research has found that persistently delinquent youth or more violent youth were less popular than their less delinquent peers (Young, 2013). However, recent research has also found that weapon carrying is associated with being more popular in adolescence (Dijkstra et al., 2010). The present paper examines the perceived popularity of adolescents who carry weapons in comparison to those who both carry and use weapons in acts of violence or threatened violence. Data consist of two waves from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Analyses use OLS regression with lagged predictors. This paper found no differences in number of friends between weapon carriers and weapon users. However, among both male and female gang members, those who did not use or carry weapons (abstainers) named significantly fewer friends than weapon users. Among females, weapon abstainers both named and were named by significantly more people than weapon users. These differences were not observed for males. Implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed. PMID:29104446

  7. Major Automated Information Systems: Selected Defense Programs Need to Implement Key Acquisition Practices

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-03-01

    ledger accounting, payroll , and supply chain management. 4During our review, one of these programs—Air Force’s Air and Space Operations Center- Weapon...intended to provide an Army tactical biometric collection capability to capture an adversary or neutral person’s biometric data (e.g., fingerprint, iris...image, and facial image) and enroll them into DOD’s enterprise authoritative biometric database to positively identify and verify the identity of

  8. Rethinking the Unthinkable: Selective Proliferation and US Nuclear Strategy

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-06-01

    Equally commendable are the efforts of the SAASS librarian Sandhya "Sandy" Malladi and the SAASS secretaries Sheila McKitt and Kelly Rhodes. These...Nuclear Deterrence and Global Security in Transition, 177. 20 Barry R . Schneider, Future War and Counterproliferation: US Military Responses to Nbc...develop states prepared to conduct themselves as nuclear weapons 42 Barre R . Seguin, "Why Did Poland Choose the F-16?," The Marshall Center

  9. Some practical observations on the accelerated testing of Nickel-Cadmium Cells

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Mcdermott, P. P.

    1979-01-01

    A large scale test of 6.0 Ah Nickel-Cadmium Cells conducted at the Naval Weapons Support Center, Crane, Indiana has demonstrated a methodology for predicting battery life based on failure data from cells cycled in an accelerated mode. After examining eight variables used to accelerate failure, it was determined that temperature and depth of discharge were the most reliable and efficient parameters for use in accelerating failure and for predicting life.

  10. Operation TEAPOT, 1955 Continental Nuclear Weapons Test Series

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1981-11-23

    Administra- tion on possible exposures to ionizing radiation among its military and civilian personnel who participated in the *The Nevada Proving Ground ...Nevada Proving Ground by the AEC in December 1950. The area is located in the southeastern part of Nevada, 100 kilometers (62 miles)+ northwest of Las...MET. APPLE 2 Center; Air Proving to survmv the wind gusts Ground produced by a nuclea detonation 52 Effects on Fighter Type To detenrwm the abrty of

  11. Soviet Weapon-System Acquisition

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1991-09-01

    Center, China Lake, CA 93555-6001 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. S91 10 4163 FOREWORD The book was researched and written by...collection of classified norms is a set that we have never seen, but whose existence we know of from various articles in Soviet military journals and books ...industrial-incentive system has resulted in a spare-parts famine throughout the Soviet economy. 3 Several books , both Western and Soviet, have been -written

  12. Recursive Gradient Estimation Using Splines for Navigation of Autonomous Vehicles.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1985-07-01

    AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES C. N. SHEN DTIC " JULY 1985 SEP 1 219 85 V US ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER LARGE CALIBER WEAPON SYSTEMS LABORATORY I...GRADIENT ESTIMATION USING SPLINES FOR NAVIGATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Final S. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 7. AUTHOR(q) 8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBER...which require autonomous vehicles . Essential to these robotic vehicles is an adequate and efficient computer vision system. A potentially more

  13. Landmine Warfare in Support of Multi-domain Battle: Balancing Discrimination and Military Effectiveness

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-05-25

    Combat Team CCW Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons CTC Combat Training Center EMS Electro- Magnetic Spectrum FASCAM Family of...of a person or vehicle .”13 In the immediate aftermath of WWII, the economy of force, counter- mobility, and protection functions of landmines were...threat posed by the Soviet Union and the need for discrimination in the employment of persistent landmines by organizing them into well-marked fields

  14. Space Power Integration: Perspectives from Space Weapons Officers

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2006-12-01

    staff at Air University Press, Dr. Philip Adkins, Mrs. Sherry Terrell , and Mrs. Vivian O’Neal. Their creation of an integrated book from nine...Techniques of Complex Systems Science: An Overview ( Ann Arbor, MI: Center for the Study of Complex Sys- tems, University of Michigan, 9 July 2003), 34...Depart- ment of the Navy Space Policy, 26 August 1993. Shalizi, Cosma Rohilla. Methods and Techniques of Complex Systems Science: An Overview. Ann

  15. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Nonlinear Optical Polymers for Soldier Survivability (1st), Held in Natick, Massachusetts on June 13-14, 1989

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1990-09-01

    Film Fabrication for Optical Second Harmonic Generation * Dr. Geoffrey A. Lindsay, Naval Weapons Center, et al. Corona-Onset Poling of New Side...having the required structures: Polyanilines and derivatives, polyazobenzenes and derivatives and polypyrroles. These polymers are generally...phase polymerization of the monomers on substrates of polyvinyl alcohol or polyvinylpyrrolidone. These films will be evaluated in a facility that

  16. Conversion of Solid Waste to Fuels

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1976-01-01

    pyrolysis (cracking) of crude oil to gasolines. 14 Nelson. W. L., Petroleum Refinery Engineering, 4th Edition, New York, McGraw-Hill, p. 628, 1958. 17 I ...Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. ^ ij) I Naval Weapons Center CHINA LAKE, CALIFORNIA 93555 *ps*8iw*iliBHi w- yl» -—»- BEST...Commander G. L. Hollingsworth Technical Direrto, FOREWORD I ins report describes ; i solid waste research project conducted during the period KY73

  17. Cyclic Dinitroureas As Self-Remediating Munition Charges

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-02-26

    Octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine NAWCWD Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance PBXN Plastic Bonded...problems as UXO. A typical submunition fill, such as PBXN -107 in the BLU- 97/B, employs RDX as the main explosive charge. RDX is known to exhibit... 106 ; “maximum lambda” 1050; “lambda factor” 10. Results and Accomplishments As kinetic runs under the various conditions of humidity and soil

  18. China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-07-27

    Isfahan Nuclear Research Center to provide “a lifelong supply” of hundreds of tons of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF), or hydrofluoric acid ...Nuclear Tests, 1964-1996,” Physics Today, September 2008; Alex Kingsbury, “ Why China Helped Countries Like Pakistan, North Korea Build Bombs,” U.S...that PRC export controls are weak , even as government repression can be harsh (e.g., against journalists or dissidents). They also doubt that trade

  19. Teamed for Success: The Imperative for Aligning Systems Engineering and Life Cycle Logistics

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2013-02-01

    January-February 2013 Kobren is director of the DAU Logistics & Sustainment Center, and the DoD Product Support Assessment Human Capital IPT lead...engineering colleagues, here are 10 key life-cycle logistics, product support, and system sustainment tenets to be cognizant of: Decisions You Make Will...and updates to the Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP). A vast majority of a weapon systems’ total ownership costs are determined by decisions made

  20. Welding technologies as applied to nuclear manufacturing

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    Roper, J. R.

    1992-10-01

    This is the trip report of John R. Roper, who traveled to England 25 Sep. through 8 Oct. 1992. Dr. Roper attended the US/UK JOWOG 22-D Joining Technical Exchange meeting and gave a presentation on Welding Finite Element Analysis and the Precision Joining Center at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston, United Kingdom. Dr. Roper also toured the Welding Institute in Abington, UK and discussed technology exchange of weld thermal and mechanical material responses.

  1. Report of the Air-to-Air Missile System Capability Review. July-November 1968. Volume 2. Appendices

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    1969-01-01

    Industry .. .. ..... ....................... ....................... 17N1 2.- Fleet Support organizations. .. .......................... 18 ~ .- ~- 3...I REPORT OF TASK TEAM ONE Chairman: Mr. B. W. Hays, Naval Weapons Center, China Lake ,,.’,. "Is Industry delivering to the Navy a high quality...IN’TRODUCTION A. The mission of Task Team One was to determine, "Is industry delivering to the Navy a high quality product, designed and built to

  2. Marksmanship Requirements from the Perspective of Combat Veterans - Volume 2: Summary Report

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-02-01

    M. McInroy who provided input to the questionnaire and insured that the Army’s Centers of Excellence were aware of the importance of their students ...combat gear Qualify with weapon in combat gear Hit targets at night using aiming lights & night vision goggles Hit targets at night with thermal ...conditions, the junior and some of the senior enlisted were not comfortable under these conditions making it unsatisfactory. 10 Engineer. Different

  3. Blast Computations over a Hemicylindrical Aircraft Shelter

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1981-07-01

    Westmoreland, C.D., "The HULL Hydro- dinamics Computer Code", AFWL-TR-76-183, U.S. Air Force Wocpon Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Baze, IN (Septenber...DISTRIBUTION LIST No. of No. of Copies Organization Copies Organization 2 Commander 1 Director Defense Technical Info Center Weapons Systems Evaluation Gp ATTN...DRDTA-’’. Fort Monroe, VA 23651 Warrel, MI 48090 2 Director Commander US Army TRADOC Systems US Army Foreign Scienco and Analysis Activity Technology

  4. Resilient Multi-Domain Command and Control: Enabling Solutions for 2025 with Virtual Reality

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-04-16

    AIR WAR COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY RESILIENT MULTI-DOMAIN COMMAND AND CONTROL : ENABLING SOLUTIONS FOR 2025 WITH VIRTUAL REALITY by...monolithic, command and control (C2) sites, such as the theater Air Operation Centers (AOC), at risk. The Multi-Domain Command and Control (MDC2...Air Force respond to the these threats, considering the use of new and existing weapons and concepts, to ensure our ability to command, control and

  5. Air gun wounding and current UK laws controlling air weapons.

    PubMed

    Bruce-Chwatt, Robert Michael

    2010-04-01

    Air weapons whether rifles or pistols are, potentially, lethal weapons. The UK legislation is complex and yet little known to the public. Hunting with air weapons and the laws controlling those animals that are permitted to be shot with air weapons is even more labyrinthine due to the legal power limitations on the possession of air weapons. Still relatively freely available by mail order or on the Internet, an increasing number of deaths have been reported from the misuse of air weapons or accidental discharges. Ammunition for air weapons has become increasingly sophisticated, effective and therefore increasingly dangerous if misused, though freely available being a mere projectile without a concomitant cartridge containing a propellant and an initiator.

  6. A multidisciplinary approach to teach responses to weapons of mass destruction and terrorism using combined simulation modalities.

    PubMed

    Kyle, Richard R; Via, Darin K; Lowy, R Joel; Madsen, James M; Marty, Aileen M; Mongan, Paul D

    2004-03-01

    To reinforce concepts presented in the lectures; understand the complexity and speed of casualty and information generation during a Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism (WMD/T) event; experience the novelty of combined weapons' effects; recognize the time course of the various chemical, biological, and radiation agents; and make challenging decisions with incomplete and conflicting information. Two environments simulated simultaneously: one a major trauma center emergency room (ER) with two patient simulators and several human actors; the other an Emergency Operations Command Center (EOC). Students for this course included: clinicians, scientists, military and intelligence officers, lawyers, administrators, and logistic personnel whose jobs involve planning and executing emergency response plans to WMD/T. SIMULATION SCRIPT: A WMD/T attack in Washington, D.C., has occurred. Clinical students performed in their real life roles in the simulated ER, while nonclinical students did the same in the simulated EOC. Six ER casualties with combined WMD/T injuries were presented and treated over 40 minutes. In the EOC, each person was given his or her role title with identification tag. The EOC scenario took cues from the action in the ER via two television (TV) news feeds and telephone calls from other Emergency Operations Assets. PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS: Students were expected to actively engage in their roles. Student performances were self-evaluated during the debriefing. DEBRIEFING: The two groups were reunited and debriefed utilizing disaster crisis resource management tools. ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTIVENESS: Students answered an 18-point questionnaire to help evaluate the usefulness and acceptance of multimodality patient simulation. Large-scale multimodality patient simulation can be used to train both clinicians and nonclinicians for future events of WMD/T. Students accepted the simulation experience and thought that scenario was appropriately realistic, complex, and overwhelming. Difficulties include the extensive man-hours involved in designing and presenting the live simulations. EOC-only sessions could be staged with only a few video cassette recorders, TVs, telephones, and callers.

  7. Microgravity

    NASA Image and Video Library

    2004-04-15

    The reproduction process of all strains of influenza are dependent on the same enzyme neuraminidase. Pharmaceutical companies have been developing drugs that can inhibit the function of neuraminidase hoping to create an effective weapon against the flu. Researchers from the pharmaceutical industry and from the Center for Macromolecular Crystallography have grown crystals of neuraminidase in space. These improved, space-grown crystals have provided information that have helped design drugs which form a stronger interaction with the enzyme. These drugs inhibit neuraminidase by attaching themselves to the enzyme. Since the drugs are less likely to detach from the enzyme, they are more effective, require smaller dosages, and have fewer side effects. Shown here is a segmented representation of the neuraminidase inhibitor compound sitting inside a cave-like contour of the neuraminidase enzyme surface. This cave-like formation present in every neuraminidase enzyme is the active site crucial to the flu's ability to infect. The space-grown crystals of neuraminidase have provided significant new details about the three-dimensional characteristics of this active site thus allowing researchers to design drugs that fit tighter into the site. Principal Investigator: Dr. Larry DeLucas

  8. Neuraminidase

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    2004-01-01

    The reproduction process of all strains of influenza are dependent on the same enzyme neuraminidase. Pharmaceutical companies have been developing drugs that can inhibit the function of neuraminidase hoping to create an effective weapon against the flu. Researchers from the pharmaceutical industry and from the Center for Macromolecular Crystallography have grown crystals of neuraminidase in space. These improved, space-grown crystals have provided information that have helped design drugs which form a stronger interaction with the enzyme. These drugs inhibit neuraminidase by attaching themselves to the enzyme. Since the drugs are less likely to detach from the enzyme, they are more effective, require smaller dosages, and have fewer side effects. Shown here is a segmented representation of the neuraminidase inhibitor compound sitting inside a cave-like contour of the neuraminidase enzyme surface. This cave-like formation present in every neuraminidase enzyme is the active site crucial to the flu's ability to infect. The space-grown crystals of neuraminidase have provided significant new details about the three-dimensional characteristics of this active site thus allowing researchers to design drugs that fit tighter into the site. Principal Investigator: Dr. Larry DeLucas

  9. Effects of Weapons on Aggressive Thoughts, Angry Feelings, Hostile Appraisals, and Aggressive Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Weapons Effect Literature.

    PubMed

    Benjamin, Arlin J; Kepes, Sven; Bushman, Brad J

    2017-09-01

    Guns are associated with aggression. A landmark 1967 study showed that simply seeing a gun can increase aggression-called the "weapons effect." This meta-analysis integrates the findings of weapons effect studies conducted from 1967 to 2017. It includes 162 effect-size estimates from 78 independent studies involving 7,668 participants. The theoretical framework used to explain the weapons effect was the General Aggression Model (GAM), which proposes three routes to aggression-cognitive, affective, and arousal. The GAM also proposes that hostile appraisals can facilitate aggression. As predicted by the GAM, the mere presence of weapons increased aggressive thoughts, hostile appraisals, and aggression, suggesting a cognitive route from weapons to aggression. Weapons did not significantly increase angry feelings. Only one study tested the effects of weapons on arousal. These findings also contribute to the debate about social priming by showing that incidental exposure to a stimulus (weapon) can affect subsequent related behavior (aggression).

  10. 32 CFR 552.104 - Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. 552... RESERVATIONS AND NATIONAL CEMETERIES REGULATIONS AFFECTING MILITARY RESERVATIONS Firearms and Weapons § 552.104 Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. All weapons, ammunition, explosives or other devices defined in...

  11. 32 CFR 552.104 - Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. 552... RESERVATIONS AND NATIONAL CEMETERIES REGULATIONS AFFECTING MILITARY RESERVATIONS Firearms and Weapons § 552.104 Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. All weapons, ammunition, explosives or other devices defined in...

  12. 32 CFR 552.104 - Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. 552... RESERVATIONS AND NATIONAL CEMETERIES REGULATIONS AFFECTING MILITARY RESERVATIONS Firearms and Weapons § 552.104 Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. All weapons, ammunition, explosives or other devices defined in...

  13. 32 CFR 552.104 - Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2012-07-01 2009-07-01 true Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. 552... RESERVATIONS AND NATIONAL CEMETERIES REGULATIONS AFFECTING MILITARY RESERVATIONS Firearms and Weapons § 552.104 Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. All weapons, ammunition, explosives or other devices defined in...

  14. 32 CFR 552.104 - Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2011-07-01 2009-07-01 true Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. 552... RESERVATIONS AND NATIONAL CEMETERIES REGULATIONS AFFECTING MILITARY RESERVATIONS Firearms and Weapons § 552.104 Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. All weapons, ammunition, explosives or other devices defined in...

  15. 77 FR 59891 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Chemical Weapons Convention Declaration and...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-10-01

    ... Request; Chemical Weapons Convention Declaration and Report Handbook and Forms AGENCY: Bureau of Industry.... Abstract The Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 and Commerce Chemical Weapons... Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an international arms control treaty. II. Method of Collection Submitted...

  16. 14 CFR 1204.1005 - Unauthorized introduction of firearms or weapons, explosives, or other dangerous materials.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... weapons, explosives, or other dangerous materials. 1204.1005 Section 1204.1005 Aeronautics and Space... Weapons or Dangerous Materials § 1204.1005 Unauthorized introduction of firearms or weapons, explosives... or causing to be introduced, or using firearms or other dangerous weapons, explosives or other...

  17. 14 CFR 1204.1005 - Unauthorized introduction of firearms or weapons, explosives, or other dangerous materials.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... weapons, explosives, or other dangerous materials. 1204.1005 Section 1204.1005 Aeronautics and Space... Weapons or Dangerous Materials § 1204.1005 Unauthorized introduction of firearms or weapons, explosives... or causing to be introduced, or using firearms or other dangerous weapons, explosives or other...

  18. 3 CFR - Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... to Weapons of Mass Destruction Presidential Documents Other Presidential Documents Notice of November 9, 2011 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction On... United States posed by the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (weapons of mass...

  19. 14 CFR 1204.1005 - Unauthorized introduction of firearms or weapons, explosives, or other dangerous materials.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... weapons, explosives, or other dangerous materials. 1204.1005 Section 1204.1005 Aeronautics and Space... Weapons or Dangerous Materials § 1204.1005 Unauthorized introduction of firearms or weapons, explosives... or causing to be introduced, or using firearms or other dangerous weapons, explosives or other...

  20. 32 CFR 552.130 - Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2011-07-01 2009-07-01 true Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. 552..., Ammunition and Other Dangerous Weapons on Fort Gordon § 552.130 Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. All weapons, ammunition, explosives, or other devices defined in this subpart, that are confiscated...

  1. 3 CFR - Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... to Weapons of Mass Destruction Presidential Documents Other Presidential Documents Notice of November 1, 2012 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction On... United States posed by the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (weapons of mass...

  2. 48 CFR 217.173 - Multiyear contracts for weapon systems.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... weapon systems. 217.173 Section 217.173 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION... Mulityear Contracting 217.173 Multiyear contracts for weapon systems. As authorized by 10 U.S.C. 2306b(h... contract for— (a) A weapon system and associated items, services, and logistics support for a weapon system...

  3. 32 CFR 552.130 - Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. 552..., Ammunition and Other Dangerous Weapons on Fort Gordon § 552.130 Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. All weapons, ammunition, explosives, or other devices defined in this subpart, that are confiscated...

  4. 32 CFR 552.130 - Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. 552..., Ammunition and Other Dangerous Weapons on Fort Gordon § 552.130 Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. All weapons, ammunition, explosives, or other devices defined in this subpart, that are confiscated...

  5. 14 CFR 1204.1005 - Unauthorized introduction of firearms or weapons, explosives, or other dangerous materials.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... weapons, explosives, or other dangerous materials. 1204.1005 Section 1204.1005 Aeronautics and Space... Weapons or Dangerous Materials § 1204.1005 Unauthorized introduction of firearms or weapons, explosives... or causing to be introduced, or using firearms or other dangerous weapons, explosives or other...

  6. 32 CFR 552.130 - Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2012-07-01 2009-07-01 true Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. 552..., Ammunition and Other Dangerous Weapons on Fort Gordon § 552.130 Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. All weapons, ammunition, explosives, or other devices defined in this subpart, that are confiscated...

  7. 32 CFR 552.130 - Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. 552..., Ammunition and Other Dangerous Weapons on Fort Gordon § 552.130 Disposition of confiscated/seized weapons. All weapons, ammunition, explosives, or other devices defined in this subpart, that are confiscated...

  8. Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2007-07-12

    done. Critics raised concerns about the implications of these policies for testing and new weapons. At present, Congress addresses nuclear weapon...future, but there are no plans to do so.’”7 Critics expressed concern about the implications of these policies for testing and new weapons. A statement by...opportunity to design and build new nuclear weapons, and abandon a ten-year-old moratorium on nuclear weapons testing.”8 Another critic felt that

  9. Nuclear weapons modernizations

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Kristensen, Hans M.

    2014-05-01

    This article reviews the nuclear weapons modernization programs underway in the world's nine nuclear weapons states. It concludes that despite significant reductions in overall weapons inventories since the end of the Cold War, the pace of reductions is slowing - four of the nuclear weapons states are even increasing their arsenals, and all the nuclear weapons states are busy modernizing their remaining arsenals in what appears to be a dynamic and counterproductive nuclear competition. The author questions whether perpetual modernization combined with no specific plan for the elimination of nuclear weapons is consistent with the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and concludes that new limits on nuclear modernizations are needed.

  10. Bombs from On-High: Weaponized Stratospheric Airships for Close Air Support and Time-Sensitive-Target Missions

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-04-01

    type with potential for higher altitudes above 100,000 feet is a steered free- floater . Dr. Edward Tomme, near-space expert, calls this concept the...sailboats of near- space.”88 This structure is less like an airship because it has no control surfaces or propulsion system. The free- floater would

  11. Aircraft Corrosion

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1981-08-01

    protective coating between the plates, the reduction in frictional effects caused by the fluid did cause a significant reduction in fatigue life ... surface treatments for aluminum alloys , there has been a return to anodizing for new weapons systems rather than chromate conversion coatings . Both sulfuric...good alternate coating material in many applications requiring good corrosion resistance and minimal effect on fatigue properties. Only two aluminum

  12. Hemorrhagic fever viruses as biological weapons: medical and public health management.

    PubMed

    Borio, Luciana; Inglesby, Thomas; Peters, C J; Schmaljohn, Alan L; Hughes, James M; Jahrling, Peter B; Ksiazek, Thomas; Johnson, Karl M; Meyerhoff, Andrea; O'Toole, Tara; Ascher, Michael S; Bartlett, John; Breman, Joel G; Eitzen, Edward M; Hamburg, Margaret; Hauer, Jerry; Henderson, D A; Johnson, Richard T; Kwik, Gigi; Layton, Marci; Lillibridge, Scott; Nabel, Gary J; Osterholm, Michael T; Perl, Trish M; Russell, Philip; Tonat, Kevin

    2002-05-08

    To develop consensus-based recommendations for measures to be taken by medical and public health professionals if hemorrhagic fever viruses (HFVs) are used as biological weapons against a civilian population. The Working Group on Civilian Biodefense included 26 representatives from academic medical centers, public health, military services, governmental agencies, and other emergency management institutions. MEDLINE was searched from January 1966 to January 2002. Retrieved references, relevant material published prior to 1966, and additional sources identified by participants were reviewed. Three formal drafts of the statement that synthesized information obtained in the evidence-gathering process were reviewed by the working group. Each draft incorporated comments and judgments of the members. All members approved the final draft. Weapons disseminating a number of HFVs could cause an outbreak of an undifferentiated febrile illness 2 to 21 days later, associated with clinical manifestations that could include rash, hemorrhagic diathesis, and shock. The mode of transmission and clinical course would vary depending on the specific pathogen. Diagnosis may be delayed given clinicians' unfamiliarity with these diseases, heterogeneous clinical presentation within an infected cohort, and lack of widely available diagnostic tests. Initiation of ribavirin therapy in the early phases of illness may be useful in treatment of some of these viruses, although extensive experience is lacking. There are no licensed vaccines to treat the diseases caused by HFVs.

  13. A Staged Reading of the Play: Reykjavik

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    2017-01-01

    Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland, an island country located about 500 miles northwest of Scotland in the North Atlantic. In 1986 Mikhail Gorbachev, the Chairman of the Politburo of the Soviet Union and General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, invited Ronald Reagan, the President of the United States, to meet with him. The play Reykjavik is a dramatic reconstruction of the two-day summit meeting during which the world leaders almost reached agreement on the total abolition of their countries' nuclear weapons. The play uses the actual transcripts of the Reykjavik meeting as well as the memoirs of both Reagan and Gorbachev. Join us for a dramatic staged reading of Reykjavik and find out how close the two superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States, came to eliminating their nuclear weapons. He playwright is Richard Rhodes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 24 books. He has written his first play, and it spins off of his research into the history of nuclear weapons. The staged reading is performed by the Washington based Tonic Theater Company: http://www.tonictheater.org/[tonictheater.org]. After the performance, the play director and actors as well as experts on nuclear disarmament will be available for a talk-back discussion of the play with the audience. Produced by Brian Schwartz, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and Gregory Mack of the APS Washington office.

  14. 15 CFR 742.18 - Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC or Convention).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 2 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC or... REGULATIONS CONTROL POLICY-CCL BASED CONTROLS § 742.18 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC or Convention). States... Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, also known as the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC...

  15. 36 CFR 1002.4 - Weapons, traps and nets.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Weapons, traps and nets. 1002... AND RECREATION § 1002.4 Weapons, traps and nets. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following are prohibited: (i) Possessing a weapon, trap or net. (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or...

  16. 3 CFR - Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 3 The President 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Weapons of... Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction On November 14, 1994, by Executive Order... of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (weapons of mass destruction) and the means of...

  17. 32 CFR 552.122 - Personnel not authorized to possess or retain personal weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... personal weapons. 552.122 Section 552.122 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF... authorized to possess or retain personal weapons. (a) Possession, retention or storage of personal weapons or... enforcement officer authorized to carry the weapon under state or federal law, while on Fort Lewis or a sub...

  18. 32 CFR 552.124 - Transportation of privately owned weapons and ammunition.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2011-07-01 2009-07-01 true Transportation of privately owned weapons and... owned weapons and ammunition. (a) Privately owned firearms and ammunition will be transported in the following manner: (1) Weapons, other than weapons being transported into Fort Lewis for the first time, may...

  19. 32 CFR 552.124 - Transportation of privately owned weapons and ammunition.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2012-07-01 2009-07-01 true Transportation of privately owned weapons and... owned weapons and ammunition. (a) Privately owned firearms and ammunition will be transported in the following manner: (1) Weapons, other than weapons being transported into Fort Lewis for the first time, may...

  20. 32 CFR 552.124 - Transportation of privately owned weapons and ammunition.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Transportation of privately owned weapons and... owned weapons and ammunition. (a) Privately owned firearms and ammunition will be transported in the following manner: (1) Weapons, other than weapons being transported into Fort Lewis for the first time, may...

  1. 3 CFR - Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 3 The President 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Weapons of... Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction On November 14, 1994, by Executive Order... of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (weapons of mass destruction) and the means of...

  2. 14 CFR § 1204.1005 - Unauthorized introduction of firearms or weapons, explosives, or other dangerous materials.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... weapons, explosives, or other dangerous materials. § 1204.1005 Section § 1204.1005 Aeronautics and Space... Weapons or Dangerous Materials § 1204.1005 Unauthorized introduction of firearms or weapons, explosives... description of the consequences for unauthorized introduction of firearms or weapons, explosives, or other...

  3. 32 CFR 552.124 - Transportation of privately owned weapons and ammunition.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Transportation of privately owned weapons and... owned weapons and ammunition. (a) Privately owned firearms and ammunition will be transported in the following manner: (1) Weapons, other than weapons being transported into Fort Lewis for the first time, may...

  4. 36 CFR 1002.4 - Weapons, traps and nets.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Weapons, traps and nets. 1002... AND RECREATION § 1002.4 Weapons, traps and nets. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following are prohibited: (i) Possessing a weapon, trap or net. (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or...

  5. 32 CFR 552.122 - Personnel not authorized to possess or retain personal weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... personal weapons. 552.122 Section 552.122 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF... authorized to possess or retain personal weapons. (a) Possession, retention or storage of personal weapons or... enforcement officer authorized to carry the weapon under state or federal law, while on Fort Lewis or a sub...

  6. 32 CFR 552.122 - Personnel not authorized to possess or retain personal weapons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... personal weapons. 552.122 Section 552.122 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF... authorized to possess or retain personal weapons. (a) Possession, retention or storage of personal weapons or... enforcement officer authorized to carry the weapon under state or federal law, while on Fort Lewis or a sub...

  7. 32 CFR 552.124 - Transportation of privately owned weapons and ammunition.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Transportation of privately owned weapons and... owned weapons and ammunition. (a) Privately owned firearms and ammunition will be transported in the following manner: (1) Weapons, other than weapons being transported into Fort Lewis for the first time, may...

  8. 76 FR 30280 - Public Meeting To Discuss the Proposed Rule on Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-05-25

    ... Proposed Rule on Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications AGENCY... the proposed enhanced weapons rule, the two draft regulatory guides, and the draft weapons safety.... No formal comments on the proposed enhanced weapons rule or the draft guidance documents will be...

  9. 15 CFR 742.18 - Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC or Convention).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 2 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC or... REGULATIONS CONTROL POLICY-CCL BASED CONTROLS § 742.18 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC or Convention). States... Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, also known as the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC...

  10. 76 FR 6087 - Draft Weapons Safety Assessment on the Use of Enhanced Weapons; Notice of Availability and...

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    2011-02-03

    ... holders, and other stakeholders on a draft guidance document entitled ``Weapons Safety Assessment'' (WSA... weapons under the NRC's proposed rule titled ``Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security.... You should not include any site-specific security information in your comments. Federal rulemaking Web...

  11. 76 FR 70317 - Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction

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    2011-11-10

    ... proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (weapons of mass destruction) and the means of...--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction #0; #0; #0; Presidential... the National Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction On November 14, 1994, by Executive...

  12. 77 FR 66513 - Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-11-05

    ... proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (weapons of mass destruction) and the means of delivering such weapons. On July 28, 1998, the President issued Executive Order 13094 amending Executive... the National Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction On November 14, 1994, by Executive...

  13. Obituary: Charles Latif Hyder, 1930-2004

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    White, Oran Richard

    2004-12-01

    My friend and colleague, Charles Hyder, was a true physicist with a sound intuitive grasp of fundamentals in modern physics and the underlying mathematics. I admired his knowledge of the history of modern physics and quantum mechanics when we discussed contemporary problems in interpreting solar observations. He had the ability to present his ideas clearly and persuasively to both students and his colleagues. His insatiable curiosity about life in general led him to consider the effects of nuclear weapons development on the human race. Appreciation of the biological effects of radioactive materials produced in the course of weapons and power reactor development led him to a more public career beyond traditional research. Charles Hyder was born April 18, 1930 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He graduated from Albuquerque High School and served in the Air Force during the Korean War. He received a BS and MS in physics from the University of New Mexico (1958, 1960) and a PhD in astrogeophysics at the University of Colorado (1964). His positions included the Department of Astronomy and Institute of Geophysics at UCLA (1964-65), Sacramento Peak Solar Observatory (1965-1970) and the Goddard Space Flight Center (1970-1977). He also taught at the University of New Mexico (1970-1977) and was active on the Solar Maximum Mission science team (1970-1977, 1980-1984). He was married twice with both marriages ending in divorce. He and his first wife Ann had three children (Paul, Roxanne and Querida) and he and his second wife Laurie had a son Niels. Charles Hyder's professional career in solar physics began in 1961 during his graduate studies at the Department of AstroGeophysics of the University of Colorado and continued until 1983 when he chose to follow his convictions to expose the threat of nuclear proliferation. His early research was in the study of the quantum mechanics of polarized light produced in the presence of magnetic fields. Application of this work to interpretation of solar spectra was a basic theme in fifty-one papers published between 1963 and 1983. Charles' interest in solar prominences and flares led him to study the physics of in-falling plasma in solar active regions and the production of the so-called "two ribbon" flares associated with active region prominences. His final work in solar physics was done on the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) in collaboration with colleagues at Goddard Space Flight Center and Marshall Space Flight Center. After 1983, Charles' devoted his full energy to exposing the threat of nuclear weapons and reactor by-products in the biosphere. His was a very public crusade with a seven month fast in Lafayette Park, Washington D.C. and a vigorous opposition to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) at Carlsbad, New Mexico. His analysis emphasized the need to understand convection of "hot" containers of radioactive waste in the WIPP salt bed. He concluded that the containers would eventually emerge at the surface and be a biological threat. His greatest fear was that dispersal of plutonium in small amounts worldwide was inevitably leading to biological mutation and destruction of life as we know it. We all remember his imposing stature and the strength of his arguments in discussions of life, physics, and the dangers of radioactive materials dispersed on the Earth. He led an unconventional life where he truly reveled in learning and earnestly worked to make a difference.

  14. Portable Radiation Detectors

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1997-01-01

    Through a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from Kennedy Space Center, General Pneumatics Corporation's Western Research Center satisfied a NASA need for a non-clogging Joule-Thomson cryostat to provide very low temperature cooling for various sensors. This NASA-supported cryostat development played a key part in the development of more portable high-purity geranium gamma-ray detectors. Such are necessary to discern between the radionuclides in medical, fuel, weapon, and waste materials. The outcome of the SBIR project is a cryostat that can cool gamma-ray detectors, without vibration, using compressed gas that can be stored compactly and indefinitely in a standby mode. General Pneumatics also produces custom J-T cryostats for other government, commercial and medical applications.

  15. A contribution to the discussion on the safety of air weapons.

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    Wightman, G; Cochrane, R; Gray, R A; Linton, M

    2013-09-01

    Firearms legislation in the UK stems from the Firearms Act 1968 with its definition of a firearm as a lethal barrelled weapon of any description. The Act allows certain exceptions to be held without licence, most notably air weapons although these are limited by The Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) Rules 1969 and related regulations to below 12ft lb (16.3J) for air rifles and below 6ft lb (8.1J) for air pistols. Despite this there are occasional fatalities, typically 1 or 2 each year in the UK, from legally owned air weapons. In the USA there are over 20,000 visits each year to emergency departments due to injuries from air weapons and paintball guns. Despite this, limited research appears to have been carried out into the safety of air weapons and the present study tries to address this. Fresh samples of animal tissue were obtained from an abattoir or butcher and were embedded in ballistic gelatin. Pig heart, lung, liver and shoulder were used. By firing pellets into gelatin alone and into the combination of the gelatin and animal tissue it was possible to compare gelatin as a model for these tissues. The depth of penetration was similar but the residual track appeared to remain more open in the animal tissue. Pellets penetrated completely through the organ, with total penetration of gelatin and organ being typically around 10-15cm. Samples of pig, cow and chicken skin were placed in contact with the gelatin or embedded in the gelatin to simulate the effect of skin on penetration into a body. Chicken skin had no effect, pig skin stopped the pellet and cow skin was perforated by the pellet. If cow skin was embedded in the gelatin there was little effect on the total amount of penetration, but cow skin on the front surface of the gelatin reduced penetration by about 30%. Computed tomography was used to examine the pellet track and to calculate the volume of damage produced. However, due to the similar densities of gelatin and organ a technique had to be developed to differentiate phases. A barium salt paste was applied to outer surfaces and iodine solution or barium nitrate solution containing red food colouring was injected into the pellet track to enhance the contrast of the track. The track through the gelatin tended to enclose itself whereas the track through the organ remained more open, presumably due to the inhomogeneity of the fibrous nature of the tissue. Pellets were also fired at construction materials (wood, plasterboard and brick) and computed tomography used to determine the volume of damage created. Pellets perforated single layers of wood and plasterboard and would embed in a second layer. However, if the two layers were in contact the pellet did not penetrate the first layer. An air rifle pellet could therefore perforate house construction materials, although the resultant kinetic energy would be low and further damage would be limited. Some of the possible physical parameters are discussed that might help predict the degree of damage caused, but from this study it is not possible to define a limit which could be proposed as safe. Copyright © 2012 Forensic Science Society. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

  16. Enhancing Energy in Future Conventional Munition

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    Peiris, Suhithi

    2017-06-01

    Future conventional weapons are envisioned to contain more energy per volume than current weapons. Current weapons comprise of inert steel outer case, with inner volume for energetic materials, fuzing, sensor package, propulsion system, etc. Recent research on reactive materials (RM) & new energetics, and exploiting additive manufacturing can optimize the use of both mass and volume to achieve much higher energy in future weapons. For instance, replacing inert steel with RM of similar strength, additively manufacturing fuzing packages within the weapon form factor, and combing the whole with new energetics, will enable the same lethality effects from smaller weapons as obtained from today's larger weapons. This paper will elaborate on reactive materials and properties necessary for optimal utilization in various weapon features, and touch on other aspects of enhancing energy in future conventional munition.

  17. Why Sexually Selected Weapons Are Not Ornaments.

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    McCullough, Erin L; Miller, Christine W; Emlen, Douglas J

    2016-10-01

    The elaboration and diversification of sexually selected weapons remain poorly understood. We argue that progress in this topic has been hindered by a strong bias in sexual selection research, and a tendency for weapons to be conflated with ornaments used in mate choice. Here, we outline how male-male competition and female choice are distinct mechanisms of sexual selection, and why weapons and ornaments are fundamentally different types of traits. We call for research on the factors contributing to weapon divergence, the potential for male-male competition to drive speciation, and the specific use of weapons in the context of direct fights versus displays. Given that weapons are first and foremost fighting structures, biomechanical approaches are an especially promising direction for understanding weapon design. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  18. Nuclear weapons modernizations

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    Kristensen, Hans M.

    This article reviews the nuclear weapons modernization programs underway in the world's nine nuclear weapons states. It concludes that despite significant reductions in overall weapons inventories since the end of the Cold War, the pace of reductions is slowing - four of the nuclear weapons states are even increasing their arsenals, and all the nuclear weapons states are busy modernizing their remaining arsenals in what appears to be a dynamic and counterproductive nuclear competition. The author questions whether perpetual modernization combined with no specific plan for the elimination of nuclear weapons is consistent with the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and concludesmore » that new limits on nuclear modernizations are needed.« less

  19. Circumstances around weapon injury in Cambodia after departure of a peacekeeping force: prospective cohort study

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    Meddings, David R; O’Connor, Stephanie M

    1999-01-01

    Objective To examine the circumstances surrounding weapon injury and combatant status of those injured by weapons. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Northwestern Cambodia after departure of United Nations peacekeeping force. Subjects 863 people admitted to hospital for weapon injuries over 12 months. Main outcome measures Annual incidence of weapon injury by time period; proportions of injuries inflicted as a result of interfactional combat (combat injuries) and outside such combat (non-combat injuries) by combatant status and weapon type. Results The annual incidence of weapon injuries was higher than the rate observed before the peacekeeping operation. 30% of weapon injuries occurred in contexts other than interfactional combat. Most commonly these were firearm injuries inflicted intentionally on civilians. Civilians accounted for 71% of those with non-combat injuries, 42% of those with combat related injuries, and 51% of those with weapon injuries of either type. Conclusions The incidence of weapon injuries remained high when the disarmament component of a peacekeeping operation achieved only limited success. Furthermore, injuries occurring outside the context of interfactional combat accounted for a substantial proportion of all weapon injuries, were experienced disproportionately by civilians, and were most likely to entail the intentional use of a firearm against a civilian. Key messagesThe study took place in Cambodia after a United Nations peacekeeping operation that achieved only limited success in disarmamentA substantial proportion of weapon injuries was inflicted in contexts unrelated to interfactional combatThese injuries were most commonly firearm injuries inflicted intentionally on civiliansWidespread availability of weapons can facilitate social violence PMID:10445922

  20. Recent Events in Guidance, Navigation and Control

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    Polites, Michael E.; Bullman, Jack (Technical Monitor)

    2001-01-01

    This article summarizes recent events in Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) in space, weapons and missiles, and aircraft. The section on space includes recent developments with the following NASA spacecraft and space vehicles: Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous, Deep Space 1, Microwave Anisotropy Probe, Earth Observer-1, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the International Space Station, X-38, and X-40A. The section on weapons and missiles includes recent developments with the following missiles: Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, Storm Shadow/Scalp EG precision standoff missile, Hellfire missile, AIM-120C Advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, Derby missile, Arrow 2, and the Standard Missile SM-3. The section on aircraft includes recent developments with the following aircraft: Joint Strike Fighter, X-31, V-22, Couger/SUDer Puma Mk. 2, Predator B 001, and the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle.

  1. Personnel Attrition Rates in Historical Land Combat Operations: Susceptibility and Vulnerability of Major Anatomical Regions

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1993-08-01

    effectiveness , estimate personnel attr;i"on, perform studies and analyses. or assess protective equipment for personnel. i II CAA-RP-93-3 DEPARTMENT OF THE...weapons or weapons effects that are difficult to localize are excluded from the 1-1 CAA-RP-93-3 scope of this paper Some examples of the types of weapons...or weapon effects excluded atr" .;i,nical weapons (encompassing war gases and other toxic substances, flame weapons. and biological agents), nuclear

  2. National Center for Nuclear Security - NCNS

    ScienceCinema

    None

    2018-01-16

    As the United States embarks on a new era of nuclear arms control, the tools for treaty verification must be accurate and reliable, and must work at stand-off distances. The National Center for Nuclear Security, or NCNS, at the Nevada National Security Site, is poised to become the proving ground for these technologies. The center is a unique test bed for non-proliferation and arms control treaty verification technologies. The NNSS is an ideal location for these kinds of activities because of its multiple environments; its cadre of experienced nuclear personnel, and the artifacts of atmospheric and underground nuclear weapons explosions. The NCNS will provide future treaty negotiators with solid data on verification and inspection regimes and a realistic environment in which future treaty verification specialists can be trained. Work on warhead monitoring at the NCNS will also support future arms reduction treaties.

  3. Investigation of "6X" Scramjet Inlet Configurations

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    Alter, Stephen J.

    2012-01-01

    This work represents an initial attempt to determine what, if any, issues arise from scaling demonstration supersonic combustion scramjets to a flight scale making the engine a viable candidate for both military weapon and civilian access to space applications. The original vehicle sizes tested and flown to date, were designed to prove a concept. With the proven designs, use of the technology for applications as weapon systems or space flight are only possible at six to ten times the original scale. To determine effects of scaling, computations were performed with hypersonic inlets designed to operate a nominal Mach 4 and Mach 5 conditions that are possible within the eight foot high temperature tunnel at NASA Langley Research Center. The total pressure recovery for these inlets is about 70%, while maintaining self start conditions, and providing operable inflow to combustors. Based on this study, the primary scaling effect detected is the strength of a vortex created along the cowl edge causing adverse boundary layer growth in the inlet.

  4. Associations of Teen Dating Violence Victimization With School Violence and Bullying Among US High School Students.

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    Vivolo-Kantor, Alana M; Olsen, Emily O'Malley; Bacon, Sarah

    2016-08-01

    Teen dating violence (TDV) negatively impacts health, mental and physical well-being, and school performance. Data from a nationally representative sample of high school students participating in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) are used to demonstrate associations of physical and sexual TDV with school violence-related experiences and behaviors, including bullying victimization. Bivariate and adjusted sex-stratified regressions assessed relationships between TDV and school violence-related experiences and behaviors. Compared to students not reporting TDV, those experiencing both physical and sexual TDV were more likely to report carrying a weapon at school, missing school because they felt unsafe, being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property, having a physical fight at school, and being bullied on school property. School-based prevention efforts should target multiple forms of violence. Published 2016. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.

  5. Toxins as biological weapons for terror-characteristics, challenges and medical countermeasures: a mini-review.

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    Berger, Tamar; Eisenkraft, Arik; Bar-Haim, Erez; Kassirer, Michael; Aran, Adi Avniel; Fogel, Itay

    2016-01-01

    Toxins are hazardous biochemical compounds derived from bacteria, fungi, or plants. Some have mechanisms of action and physical properties that make them amenable for use as potential warfare agents. Currently, some toxins are classified as potential biological weapons, although they have several differences from classic living bio-terror pathogens and some similarities to manmade chemical warfare agents. This review focuses on category A and B bio-terror toxins recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Botulinum neurotoxin, staphylococcal enterotoxin B, Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin, and ricin. Their derivation, pathogenesis, mechanism of action, associated clinical signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment are discussed in detail. Given their expected covert use, the primary diagnostic challenge in toxin exposure is the early detection of morbidity clusters, apart from background morbidity, after a relatively short incubation period. For this reason, it is important that clinicians be familiar with the clinical manifestations of toxins and the appropriate methods of management and countermeasures.

  6. Environmental Compliance Assessment Protocol-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ECAP-CDC)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1993-10-01

    propellers, or appliances. 2. Military weapons or equipment designed for combat use. 3. Rockets or equipment designed for research, or experimental or...should be reproduced and used during the assessment to take notes. It is designed to be inserted between each page of the protocols, allowing the...procedures are designed as an aid and should not be considered exhaus- tive. Use of the guide requires the evaluator’s judgement to play a role in

  7. Satellite battery testing status

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Haag, R.; Hall, S.

    1986-09-01

    Because of the large numbers of satellite cells currently being tested and anticipated at the Naval Weapons Support Center (NAVWPNSUPPCEN) Crane, Indiana, satellite cell testing is being integrated into the Battery Test Automation Project (BTAP). The BTAP, designed to meet the growing needs for battery testing at the NAVWPNSUPPCEN Crane, will consist of several Automated Test Stations (ATSs) which monitor batteries under test. Each ATS will interface with an Automation Network Controller (ANC) which will collect test data for reduction.

  8. Time Sensitive Termination: Prompt Global Strike in the War on Terror

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-10-25

    field both near and long term solutions to the problem of rapidly destroying fleeting targets halfway around the world when forces are not forward...endeavors to field the near term capability not later than 2015, with an initial fielding objective potentially as early as 2012. 5 The program will...patrolling ballistic missile submarines, the CSM took center stage in the effort to field a near -term solution to the problem. The CSM weapon system

  9. Satellite battery testing status

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Haag, R.; Hall, S.

    1986-01-01

    Because of the large numbers of satellite cells currently being tested and anticipated at the Naval Weapons Support Center (NAVWPNSUPPCEN) Crane, Indiana, satellite cell testing is being integrated into the Battery Test Automation Project (BTAP). The BTAP, designed to meet the growing needs for battery testing at the NAVWPNSUPPCEN Crane, will consist of several Automated Test Stations (ATSs) which monitor batteries under test. Each ATS will interface with an Automation Network Controller (ANC) which will collect test data for reduction.

  10. Analysis of the Treatment of a Biological Weapon Spread through a Transportation Network

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-03-27

    public. Most of the skepticism stems from religion, rare complications, and parent concerns over a refuted study suggesting vaccines can cause autism . In...Should this occur, the current Center for Disease Control policy is to trace sources of infections and vaccinate people suspected of harboring the...disease. Kaplan et al., as well as others, have argued for mass vaccination rather than the trace policy. Kaplan et al.’s model is extended to consider

  11. Compilation of Abstracts of Dissertations, Theses, and Research Papers Submitted by Candidates for Degrees

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1978-11-01

    restricted Line Officer Financial Management Subspecialists Van Haaren, C. G., The AGOR-21 Class Oceanographic 78 LCDR, Supply Research Ships: An...Layer into a Fast Bottom Shields, R. B., Jr., Signal Enhance of Specularly 39 LT, USN Scattered Underwater Sound I MANAGEMENT - Apap, A., CDR, USN Total...Contractor Logistics 40-2 Support: A New Concept in Naval Aviation Beran, R. D, Naval Acquisition Management of 41 Weapons Center, Peculiar Ground

  12. Air and Space Operations Center-Weapon System Increment 10.2 (AOC-WS Inc 10.2)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-03-01

    DAE - Defense Acquisition Executive DoD - Department of Defense DoDAF - DoD Architecture Framework FD - Full Deployment FDD - Full Deployment...the AOC 10.2 MAIS was approximately 11 months beyond the original schedule estimates for MS-C, July 31, 2015, and FDD , July 31, 2016. Accordingly...ADM effectively acknowledged selection of AOC-WS Inc 10.2 as the Preferred Alternative, thereby starting the 5-year development window to attain FDD

  13. Characterization of the Material Microstructure for Reactive Material Design. 3rd Quarterly Progress Report II/2008

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2008-08-05

    metallic) materials, which fragment under certain dynamic loading conditions into small particles, which can chemically react with a suitable ambient ...medium, such as shock heated ambient air or hot detonation products. Such materials could be effectively used to devise new or improved weapons with...test is blue. The impacto conditions of the the center of the the opposite surfa reflection of the w Figure 6.1: Example o specimen. Another aspect

  14. Photon Stimulated Ion Desorption.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1982-03-03

    1978) 1997.(181 T. Shibaguchi, H . Onuki and R. Onaka, J. Phys. Soc. Contract DE.AC04.76-DPO0789. Experiments were Japan 42 (1977) S51. conducted at...University of California and the Naval Weapons Center. Sincerely COPY ovoikoble to DTIC doee 00t pe m i jully legible rep oductC r h Christopher C... H 20 is studied; only hydrogen ions are observed. Desorption of hydrogen ions from amorphous ice 7 is part of an ongoing study of condensed gases

  15. A Poor Man's Nuclear Deterrent: Assessing the Value of Radiological Weapons for State Actors

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    Donohue, Nathan

    The threat of weapons of mass destruction is an issue which remains at the forefront on national security. Nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons are all considered very dangerous by both state and non-state actors. Radiological weapons exist in that same category yet are not held in the same regard; the reason that is given is that these types of weapons are not the weapons of mass destruction that the other three are. Instead, radiological weapons are better considered weapons of mass disruption. Accordingly, in the academic and policy literature there has been very little perceived value associated with such weapons for use by state actors. However the historical focus on the military efficacy of radiological weapons has obscured the obvious truth that they may pose significant value for state actors. What this research shows is that the explosion of a radiological weapon could disrupt a target area in ways which could cripple the economy of an adversary state and promote widespread fear concerning exposure to radiation. Any such attack would not only necessitate large scale evacuation, but cleanup, decontamination, demolition, territory exclusion, and relocation. Moreover, the effects of such an attack would be unlikely to remain an isolated event as evacuated and displaced citizens spread across the nation carrying both fear and residual radiation. All of these factors would only be compounded by a state actor's ability to not only develop such weapons, but to manufacture them in such a composition that contemporary examples of such weapons grossly underestimate their impact. Accordingly, radiological weapons could hold great value for any state actor wishing to pursue their development and to threaten their use. Moreover, "while RDDs may not be well suited as "military weapons" in the classic sense, the use of RDDs could be powerfully coercive."1 In that sense, state actors could even acquire radiological weapons for their deterrent value. 1James L. Ford, "Radiological Dispersal Devices: Assessing the Transnational Threat," Strategic Forum, No. 136, (March 1998), March 29, 2012, http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ndu/forum136.htm.

  16. 36 CFR § 1002.4 - Weapons, traps and nets.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 3 2013-07-01 2012-07-01 true Weapons, traps and nets. Â... USE AND RECREATION § 1002.4 Weapons, traps and nets. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following are prohibited: (i) Possessing a weapon, trap or net. (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap...

  17. Environmental Effects of Weapons Technology, A Scientists' Institute for Public Information Workbook.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    McClintock, Michael; And Others

    This collection of articles includes a general account of the environmental effects of modern weapons technology, a selection of news reports demonstrating the peacetime hazards of chemical and biological weapons, data on the physiological effects of the most common chemical weapons, a discussion of the hazards of biological weapons, a report of…

  18. 78 FR 67289 - Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass...

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    2013-11-12

    ... economy of the United States posed by the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (weapons of mass destruction) and the means of delivering such weapons. On July 28, 1998, the President... November 7, 2013 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Proliferation of Weapons of...

  19. Multiple exaggerated weapon morphs: a novel form of male polymorphism in harvestmen.

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    Painting, Christina J; Probert, Anna F; Townsend, Daniel J; Holwell, Gregory I

    2015-11-06

    Alternative reproductive tactics in animals are commonly associated with distinct male phenotypes resulting in polymorphism of sexually selected weapons such as horns and spines. Typically, morphs are divided between small (unarmed) and large (armed) males according to one or more developmental thresholds in association with body size. Here, we describe remarkable weapon trimorphism within a single species, where two exaggerated weapon morphs and a third morph with reduced weaponry are present. Male Pantopsalis cheliferoides harvestmen display exaggerated chelicerae (jaws) which are highly variable in length among individuals. Across the same body size spectrum, however, some males belong to a distinct second exaggerated morph which possesses short, broad chelicerae. Multiple weapon morphs in a single species is a previously unknown phenomenon and our findings have significant implications for understanding weapon diversity and maintenance of polymorphism. Specifically, this species will be a valuable model for testing how weapons diverge by being able to test directly for the circumstances under which a certain weapon type is favoured and how weapon shape relates to performance.

  20. A different kind of weapon focus: simulated training with ballistic weapons reduces change blindness.

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    Taylor, J Eric T; Witt, Jessica K; Pratt, Jay

    2017-01-01

    Attentional allocation is flexibly altered by action-related priorities. Given that tools - and specifically weapons - can affect attentional allocation, we asked whether training with a weapon or holding a weapon during search would affect change detection. In three experiments, participants searched for changes to agents, shootable objects, or environments in the popular flicker paradigm. Participants trained with a simulated weapon or watched a video from the same training perspective and then searched for changes while holding a weapon or a control object. Results show an effect of training, highlighting the importance of sensorimotor experience for the action-relevant allocation of attention, and a possible interaction between training and the object held during search. Simulated training with ballistic weapons reduces change blindness. This result has implications for the interaction between tool use and attentional allocation.

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