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NORTHWEST END VIEW OF THE SIMULATOR, MARX GENERATOR - Aurora Pulsed Radiation Simulator, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Building No. 500, Adelphi, Prince George's County, MD
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NORTHWEST END VIEW OF THE SIMULATOR, MARX GENERATOR - Aurora Pulsed Radiation Simulator, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Building No. 500, Adelphi, Prince George's County, MD
Depicted place Maryland; Prince George's County; Adelphi
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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HAER MD,17-ADEL,2-19
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  • Significance: The Aurora Pulsed Radiation Simulator was the first gamma radiation simulator of its size and capacity built in the world. The simulator achieved a new plateau of nuclear effects simulation, able to test complete weapons electronics packages critical for both strategic and tactical nuclear weapons design. During the first half of its life, the Aurora Simulator primarily served military agencies and contractors in testing the warheads of intercontinental ballistics missiles [ICBMs]; during the second half of its life, the facility expanded its technical capabilities to test the hardening of very large finished systems, such as those for satellites.
    Français : Le simulateur de rayonnement pulsé Aurora a été le premier simulateur de rayonnement gamma de sa taille et de sa capacité. Il a atteint un nouveau plateau de simulation des effets nucléaires, capable de tester des ensembles complets d'électronique d'armes critiques pour la conception d'armes nucléaires stratégiques et tactiques. Dans la première moitié de sa vie, il a surtout servi aux agences militaires et aux sous-traitants pour tester les ogives des missiles balistiques intercontinentaux [ICBM] ; Lors de la seconde moitié de sa vie, on a élargi ses capacités techniques pour tester le 'durcissement' de systèmes, tels que ceux des satellites.
  • Survey number: HAER MD-114
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/md1450.photos.320239p
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