AFWL Technical Objective Number 1 Nuclear Weapons Technology. AFWL Technical Objective Number 3 Advanced Weapons Technology. Fiscal Year 1981

摘要

TPO-1. Present DOD/USAF strategic planning is based on the ability of strategic weapon systems to survive and operate through an attack employing nuclear weapons. The energy from the detonation of a nuclear device takes many forms (EMP, X ray, gamma ray, thermal, blast, etc.) and is of sufficient amplitude and energy to seriously degrade or negate the systems under attack. As the design and interdependence of advanced systems become more intricate and the potential attacking force achieves greater numbers and sophistication, survival requirements become greater for those systems. Definition of the environment must be determined and improved as the postulated threat is revised or refined. Analysis and simulation techniques must be devised to be used in testing and assessing the survivability/vulnerability of Air Force systems. Every US Air Force aircraft and missile system with a nuclear capability must be conceived, developed, built, and operated in accordance with nuclear safety standards and have characteristics that are compatible with design, safety, and operational requirements of the Air Force. TPO-3. Advanced nuclear and nonconventional weapon research and technology development must continue to identify those technologies that will provide improved tactical and strategic offensive and defensive warfare capabilities. This TPO is established to provide a vehicle for exploitation of new technology opportunities as they arise either as spinoffs from ongoing technology efforts or through independent research and development efforts. (Author)