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"Gentalmen I want to welcome you to Camp Desert Rock. This will be your last breifing before you go out to the fort area and take part in an atomic detonation. You are here to participate in an atomic maneuvar. This is not a haphazard maneuvar. Carefull planning for it started months back. Watched from a safe distance, this explosion is one of the most beautiful sights ever seen by man. You're probably saying "So it's beautiful, what makes it so dangerous?" Basically there are only three things to think about: blast, heat, and radiation. This is the one new effect obtained by the use of an atomic weapon. Truthfully, it's the least important of the three effects, as far as the soldier on the ground is concerned. You can't see radiation, feel it, smell it, or taste it. Film badges and oscemeters issued to you enable the radiological safety moniter in your unit to read the amount of your exposure. The radiation level may be hot, but if you follow orders, you'll be moved out in time to avoid sickness. Finally if you receive enough gamma radiation to cause sterility or severe sickness, you'll be killed by blast, flying debrie or heat anyway. Well, that's the story. Don't worry about yourselves. As far as the test is concerned, you'll be O.K." |
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