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).
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.
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.
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.
This short paper presents calculations to determine what combination of bomb type and delivery tactics are most effective against various target runways.
This paper describes four hardened basing concepts for B-52 bombers and summarizes existing data and analyses of their technical feasibility, survivability, and costs.
This short paper presents graphs showing basic aircraft shelter costs versus design overpressure for housing B-52 bombers in protective alert shelters.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.