Design and Construction of Deep Underground Basing Facilities for Strategic Missiles: Report of a Workshop Conducted by the U.S. National Committee on Tunneling Technology, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research CouncilNational Academy Press, 1982 - Guided missile bases |
Contents
AIR FORCE DEEP BASING PROGRAM | 1 |
BASING ALTERNATIVES AND TECHNICAL BACKGROUND | 20 |
NUCLEAR WEAPONS EFFECTS AND RESULTS OF PREVIOUS TESTS | 27 |
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ACCESS TUNNEL acquisition Air Force alluvium areas attack Ballistic Missile basing mode Boeing buoyancy concept canister cavity construction validation contract cost crater DEEP BASED FSRF deep basing system deep silo Deep Tunnel deep underground basing Defense Nuclear Agency depth DIGOUT DRIFT engineering environment environmental impact equipment excavation exit facility feet Figure 11 Figure 9 going granite ground HARD ROCK HYDRAULIC RAM CONCEPT ICBM KBAR kilobar kilotons launch LINGER look maintenance MEDIUM megatons MERRITT Mesa Mighty Epic MINES Minuteman muck pocket MX missile Nevada Test Nevada Test Site NORAD Pencil Pusher Pile Driver possible postattack Pre-dug problem propellant pumps raise borer rock bolts Sand Silo Sevin shock siting SLOPE Soviet SPEAKER STEEL strategic structure surface burst survivability talking target things threat tuff tunnel boring machine U.S. National Committee uncertainty unlined vertical egress WOOSTER