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Dec 10, 2024

How Do Alternative Strategies for Army Installation Unaccompanied Housing Compare?

In support of Army decisionmaking, this report presents relative estimates of costs and benefits of alternative housing strategies to help improve the quality and availability of barracks for permanent party unaccompanied soldiers.
Oct 27, 1971

Examination of Warsaw Pact Airbase Attack Capability Against Unsheltered Aircraft in the Central Region of NATO

This simulation of a Warsaw Pact air campaign against NATO air bases explored the possibility that NATO allies would not build hardened aircraft shelters like those being constructed at U.S. Air Force bases.
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May 27, 1970

Aircraft Payload Limits for the Airbase Attack Study

This report presents data on the maximum payload drag area limits for F-4E, A-7D, and F-111A aircraft for specified mission radii (250, 300, 350, 450, 500, and 550 miles).
Research

May 15, 1970

Estimated CEP of Weapon Delivery for Attacks Against Aircraft Shelters

This short paper presents estimates of delivery circular error probables (CEPs) for various air-to-ground weapons released from F-4D/E, F-111A, and A-7D aircraft using tactics most appropriate for the weapon/aircraft combination.
Research

Feb 6, 1970

Time Estimates to Repair Cratered Runways

This report presents a method to estimate the time and effort required to repair runways that have been cratered by various conventional weapons.
Research

Dec 28, 1966

Airbase Defense and Security with Application to Thailand

The analysis describes ground threats to air bases and, based on experience gained during attacks on U.S. Air Force bases in South Vietnam, makes recommendations on how best to improve security of U.S. Air Force bases in Thailand.
Research

Sep 19, 1966

Successful Tests of a RAND-Recommended Runway Cratering Device

This short paper describes how RAND helped solve a performance problem with a RAND-proposed runway cratering munition. Weapon test results and technical issues are discussed.
Research

Apr 23, 1965

Demonstration of Emergency Repair of Bomb-Cratered Runway

This is a preliminary report on a runway crater repair demonstration that was held December 15-16, 1964, at Eglin Air Force Base.
Research

Mar 27, 1963

The Performance of G.P. Bombs in Penetrating and Cratering Concrete Runways

This short paper presents calculations to determine what combination of bomb type and delivery tactics are most effective against various target runways.
Research

Dec 11, 1961

On Hardened Basing of B-52 Aircraft

This paper describes four hardened basing concepts for B-52 bombers and summarizes existing data and analyses of their technical feasibility, survivability, and costs.
Research

Jul 6, 1961

Representative Costs for B-52 Protective Alert Shelters

This short paper presents graphs showing basic aircraft shelter costs versus design overpressure for housing B-52 bombers in protective alert shelters.
Research

Apr 24, 1961

Comparison and Evaluation of Protective Alert Shelter Concepts for SAC Aircraft

This 1961 report looks at the important problem of reducing the vulnerability of Strategic Air Command (SAC) bases to nuclear attack which has led to serious consideration of hardened aircraft storage facilities.

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How Do Alternative Strategies for Army Installation Unaccompanied Housing Compare?

Examination of Warsaw Pact Airbase Attack Capability Against Unsheltered Aircraft in the Central Region of NATO

Aircraft Payload Limits for the Airbase Attack Study

Estimated CEP of Weapon Delivery for Attacks Against Aircraft Shelters

Time Estimates to Repair Cratered Runways

Airbase Defense and Security with Application to Thailand

Successful Tests of a RAND-Recommended Runway Cratering Device

Demonstration of Emergency Repair of Bomb-Cratered Runway

The Performance of G.P. Bombs in Penetrating and Cratering Concrete Runways

On Hardened Basing of B-52 Aircraft

Representative Costs for B-52 Protective Alert Shelters

Comparison and Evaluation of Protective Alert Shelter Concepts for SAC Aircraft

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How Do Alternative Strategies for Army Installation Unaccompanied Housing Compare?

Examination of Warsaw Pact Airbase Attack Capability Against Unsheltered Aircraft in the Central Region of NATO

Aircraft Payload Limits for the Airbase Attack Study

Estimated CEP of Weapon Delivery for Attacks Against Aircraft Shelters

Time Estimates to Repair Cratered Runways

Airbase Defense and Security with Application to Thailand

Successful Tests of a RAND-Recommended Runway Cratering Device

Demonstration of Emergency Repair of Bomb-Cratered Runway

The Performance of G.P. Bombs in Penetrating and Cratering Concrete Runways

On Hardened Basing of B-52 Aircraft

Representative Costs for B-52 Protective Alert Shelters

Comparison and Evaluation of Protective Alert Shelter Concepts for SAC Aircraft

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