The feasibility of designing and constructing a high explosive source which faithfully reproduces the direct- and airblast-induced ground motions resulting from a 1-kt nuclear surface burst has been investigated. A preliminary charge design incorporating subsurface and surface high explosive charges was developed, and shown to theoretically reproduce the desired simulation conditions. The subsurface charge employs techniques first used in the MINE THROW I simulation of the JOHNIE BOY nuclear event. ...
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