Nuclear Weapons Operations, Deployment, and Security; FM 9-84
Department of the Army, 1990. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Three-hole punched and stapled at left side. Sticker residue on front cover. Various paginations (approximately 60 pages. Figures. Tables. References. Glossary. Index. This publication supersedes FM 9-84, 28 December 1984. It also rescinds DA Form 3549-R, 1 October 1970. When issued distribution was only authorized to U.S. Government agencies. This field manual prescribed doctrine and provides techniques, procedures, and guidance for commanders, staffs, and soldiers. It applies to all echelons that include nuclear weapons units and their security in support of the AirLandBattle. This field manual also provides training doctrine specifically for nuclear ordnance units and their supporting units during the dispersing modes (transition to war) and dispersed mode (wartime). It explains the nuclear weapons support structure and the associated military police and ordnance units and describes how US, host-nation, and user-nation support unites are structures and how they divide and deploy with their host-nation units to form NASPs. This field manual also provides general guidance for many of the emergency operations associated with nuclear weapons. As noted in the field manual, ordnance soldiers must maintain, transport, store, issue, and provide security for nuclear weapons. Military police and other personnel performing security must aggressively screen nuclear weapon storage sites and movements of nuclear weapons. They must also detect, delay, or divert threat using an overall, in-depth security operation that is based on the factors of METT-T. Ordnance, MP, and host-nation or user-nation soldiers must work together to assure that custodial and nuclear delivery units receive proper types and quantities of nuclear weapons in a reliable condition. They also must be able to defeat forces targeted against US and NATO nuclear capabilities. This manual addresses Nuclear Weapons Units, the Threat, the Dispersing Mode, the Dispersed Mode, Ground Convoy Procedures, and Emerging Operations. There is also an Appendix on the Military Working Dog and an Appendix on the Ammunition Ordnance Battalion Command Post Diagrams. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Military Manual, Field Manual, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Operations, Weapon Security, FM 9-84, Military Police, Military Dogs, Dispersing Mode, Dispersed Mode, Emergency Operations
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