Title Pages and Tables of Contents From 1960s Reports on Chemical, Biological, Psychological and Other Weapons Then in the US Arsenal

>>> Released by the Air Force circa 1997 due to a Freedom of Information Act request, these documents are being seen by the general public for the first time. They consist of the title pages and (in most cases) tables of contents for Air Force Armament Laboratory reports on nerve gas, bioweapons, anti-crop chemicals, fire-bombs, and other WMDs. This front matter is unclassified, but the bodies of the reports remain highly classified and - in the post-9/11 era - aren't likely to see the light of day.

(Historical note: The Air Force Armament Laboratory has morphed and changed names many times. You can read its history at the Eglin AFB website here.)

second batch of material
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Reports, Dec 1966 - July 1969

AFATL Technical Summary Report (Engineering Development)

AFATL Technical Summary Report (Advanced Development)

AFATL Technical Summary Report (Exploratory Development)

Mentions rapid gelling systems for chemweapons, psychological weapons, IR scanning techniques, smoke application, chemical aerial land mine, direct-fire munition, microbomblets, exological records, non-signature bomblets, space encounter modeling study, stick bombing, more

Situations for Evaluation of Air Delivered Chemical and Biological Munitions in Counterinsurgent Operations

Handwritten note on the cover mentions Project Spice Rack, Project Penny, and Project Corona. Mentions nine hypothetical situations in which bio and chemweapons could be used against Viet Cong. Author from the University of Pennsylvania.

Supersonic Delivery of Dry Biological Agents

Contents mentions simulants Serratia marcescens and Bacillus globigii. Authors from Litton Systems, Inc.

Wide Area Biological Systems

Mentions grenade bomb-bomblet, self-dispersing biological bomblets, flettner rotor munitions, more. Author from Hayes International Corporation.

Safety & Handling of GB, VX & BZ Munitions

Authors from NSA Research Corporation and Callery Chemical Company.

Improved Dry Biological Disseminator

Authored by Litton Systems, Inc.

Study of CB Weapons Effectiveness Assessment Concepts

Mentions "indicators of civilian activity," "direct sensing of casualties," "photosociometric analysis of urban areas," more. Author from Ford Instrument Division of Sperry Rand Corporation.

Fabrication & Testing of Biological Bombs (BLU-21/B45 and BLU-22/B45)

Authors from Honeywell Incorporated.

Economic Sensitivity Analysis for Less Developed Countries With Respect to Variation in Agricultural Output

Mentions China. Topic was studied as part of anti-crop warfare. Authors from the University of Pennsylvania.

Development of an Airborne Anti-Crop Capability, A/B45Y-2 Tank

Handwritten note on cover mentions Project Corona Harvest.

Development of Weapons Design Criteria Based on the SRC Psychological Index: An Investigation of Signature, Reputation and Context Effects

Author from the University of Oklahoma.

Evaluation of Incapacitating Chemical & Biological Antipersonnel Agents

Authors from Booz-Allen Applied Research, Inc.

Development of Methods of Safe Transport of Biological Agents

Authored by Lockheed-California Company

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Reports, Feb 1964 - Feb 1967

USAF Chemical & Biological Weapons & Defense (Quarterly Report, 15 Feb 1964)

Weapons Development: Summary Report: July 1963-March 1964

Mentions biological weapons, chemical weapons, fire bombs, aerially-emplaced landmines, hypervelocity weapons, warheads, supersonic munitions, psychological weapons, chemical explosives, more

USAF Chemical & Biological Weapons & Defense (Quarterly Report, May 64)

Mentions toxic frag weapons, bio bomblets, more

USAF Chemical & Biological Weapons & Defense (Quarterly Report, Aug 1964)

Development of Weapons for Psychological Warfare

Part of Project Corona Harvest. Mentions photic flicker and auditory stimuli.

Design, Development and Evaluation of A/B45Y-1 Biological Spray Tank

Safety & Handling of GB, VX & BZ Munitions

USAF Chemical & Biological Munitions Characteristics

Mentions anti-crop spray tank, chemical bomb, MC-1 toxic bomb, VX spray tank, more

Safety & Handling (Biological Operations)

Mentions Operation Strange Man

Investigation of Psychological Effects of Non-Nuclear Weapons for Limited War, vol. 1

Contains tables of contents for volumes 1 and 2

Development of Psycho-Physiological Auditory Stimuli Airborne Weapons

Mentions high-intensity sound

Determination & Disposition of Submarginal Biological Weapons, Part 1

Determination & Disposition of Submarginal Biological Weapons, Part 2

Mentions Rickettsiae

Binary Biological Weapons, Part 1

Binary Biological Weapons, Part 2

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