Electromagnetic Compatibility Tests on the Minuteman Weapon System

The MINUTEMAN ICBM Weapon System is one of the largest and most complex weapons system that has been subjected to the provisions of MIL-I-6051B and MIL-E-6051C, fielded as an operational system, and subsequently tmproved and retested. The purpose of this paper is to describe the initial method of testing the WS-133A MINUTEMAN Weapon System at Vandenberg Air Force Base to demonstrate compliance with MIL-I-6051B, to critique the test program and results in light of the experience gained when the system became operational, and to discuss the test concept and planning for the improved WS-133B HIN1JI'EMAN Weapon System MIL-E-6051C test to be performed in mid-1965.