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BOMBARDIER'S VIEW OF TARGET ARRAY. This 



diagram of the Test Able target array, when com- 

 pared with the two typical tactical arrays pictured 

 on the opposite page, demonstrates the abnor- 

 mally high concentration of target vessels in the 

 Bikini tests. This concentration was necessary to 

 meet the Joint Chiefs of Staff requirement of se- 

 curing graded damage on all principal types of 



vessels, graded damage meaning damage ranging 

 from negligible, as in the case of ships at a con- 

 siderable distance from the explosion, to lethal, 

 in the case of ships close in. Subject to this re- 

 quirement, sinkings were kept to a minimum, to 

 preserve instruments and the valuable data they 

 had recorded, and to save the ships themselves 

 insofar as it might be possible. 



