Nuclear Weapons Effects on Army Tactical Systems. Volume 1. Overview

This document describes to the system developers and to the offerors on development programs the general insights and the key issues for nuclear survivability at tactical threat levels. Among the topics that are discussed are the nuclear enviroments and the nuclear survivability criteria. These are followed by a discussion of the possible effects of these environments on the equipment. Effect methods for resolving system vulnerabilities and the impact of these methods on the system acquisition cycle also are considered. The thesis of this document is that nuclear survivability at tactical levels is achievable with an acceptable impact on life cycle cost, program schedule, and system performance parameters. Early implementation and application of nuclear survivability criteria with appropriate documentation, informed trade-off decisions, and management awareness and control will provide the basis for achieving this goal.