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Jul 6, 1961
This short paper presents graphs showing basic aircraft shelter costs versus design overpressure for housing B-52 bombers in protective alert shelters.
Apr 24, 1961
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.
Oct 27, 1960
This report identifies locations in the continental United States that are candidates for super-hardened air bases, with a focus on geological and topographical considerations.
Oct 12, 1960
Using a submarine environment as an analogy, this report assesses how to maintain a healthy atmosphere in an underground base, including prevention and control of infectious diseases.
Mar 8, 1960
This short paper by Nobel Prize winner Thomas C. Schelling argues against the use of civilian airfields near large cities for dispersing Strategic Air Command bombers.
Oct 23, 1959
This short paper provides meeting notes from an October 8, 1959, meeting between the U.S. Air Force and RAND staff in the Pentagon.
Aug 26, 1959
This short paper argues that one of the problems, and perhaps the main one, constraining a high level of air and ground alert for Strategic Air Command B-52s is a shortage of aircrews.
Aug 17, 1959
This report assesses the feasibility of building nuclear-hardened aircraft alert shelters for B-52 and B-58 bombers.
Jul 27, 1959
This short paper analyzes the residual effects of a nuclear attack on an airfield.
Jul 13, 1959
This report summarizes the results of a preliminary study to determine the advantages, disadvantages, and estimated construction costs of several types of blast-resistant shelters for the B-70 aircraft and its crew.
Mar 27, 1959
This short internal note argues that RAND should make a serious effort to convince the U.S. Air Force to contract for the immediate construction of two to three prototype shelters for the B-52.
Conclusions on the present status and the probable future of research into the underground phenomena associated with air- or surface-burst nuclear explosions.
