United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Defense Department Army Department Defense Threat Reduction Agency author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GOVPUB Executive Agency Publications executive 2024-09-11 Defense Department 1982-01-01 monographic harvested born digital 142 digital object pages D 15.10:6039 F https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-D15-PURL-gpo222813 P0b002ee1cb5658f1 001256190 https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo222813 (OCoLC)760071663 DGPO 2024-09-11 2026-06-26 GOVPUB-D15-PURL-gpo222813 machine generated eng fdlp D15 GOVPUB-D15-PURL-gpo222813 PURL-gpo222813 GOVPUB This content was harvested from online sources of the original hosting or authoring agency and may not reflect current policy. As Federal agencies add publications to their websites, or report new publications to GPO per statutory mandate (44 U.S.C. §§ 1710, 1902-1903), GPO ensures long-term preservation of and access to the content. 1982 BIBCONEW 20240221 PERM_INGEST_06102024 gpo222813 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-D15-PURL-gpo222813 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-D15-PURL-gpo222813/pdf/GOVPUB-D15-PURL-gpo222813.pdf Artificial radiation belts Atomic bomb Nuclear weapons Operation Argus, 1958 Research Testing Upper atmosphere Van Allen radiation belts South Atlantic Ocean 0306 (online) United States Defense Nuclear Agency, issuing body. United States Nuclear Test Personnel Review. Kaman Tempo (Firm) dcu Defense Nuclear Agency 1982. monographic 1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations, maps. U264 .O62 1982 623.45 Op2a D 15.10:6039 F 0306 (online) text bibliography eng In late August and early September of 1958, U.S. Navy Task Force 88, consisting of nine ships and approximately 4,500 men, secretly conducted three high-altitude nuclear tests in the South Atlantic. The code name of the operation was ARGUS. In each of these tests, the task force launched from the missile trials ship, USS Norton Sound (AVM-1), a specially modified X-17a three-stage ballistic missile carrying a low-yield nuclear warhead, which was detonated high in the Earth's upper atmosphere. Upon completion of these launchings on September 6, the task force departed the operating area for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and thence to home ports in the United States. This report details Department of Defense personnel participation in these tests, with an emphasis on radiological safety. The ARGUS shots were conducted to test the Christofilos theory, which argued that high-altitude nuclear detonations would create a radiation belt in the upper regions of the Earth's atmosphere. It was postulated that these belts of radiation (primarily high-energy electrons) might cause degradation of radio and radar transmissions, damage or destruction of the arming mechanisms of ICBM warheads, and endangerment of crews in orbiting space vehicles that might enter the belt. prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense. "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review." "Performing organization ... Kaman Tempo"--Report documentation page. "30 April 1982." Shot Chronology: ARGUS 1; ARGUS 2; ARGUS 3. In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-95) and index. Sponsored by the Defense Nuclear Agency DNA 001-79-C-0472 Subtask U99QAXMK506-09 Technical report. l------ Nuclear weapons Testing Atomic bomb South Atlantic Ocean Testing Operation Argus, 1958 Upper atmosphere Research Artificial radiation belts Van Allen radiation belts Artificial radiation belts Upper atmosphere Research Atomic bomb Testing Nuclear weapons Testing Van Allen radiation belts South Atlantic Ocean [Washington, D.C.] : The Agency, [1982] (OCoLC)9094922 https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo222813 https://www.dtra.mil/Portals/125/Documents/NTPR/newDocs/ANTHReport/1958_DNA_6039F.pdf