Electromagnetic Compatibility Tests on the Minuteman Weapon System

The MINUTEMAN ICBM weapon system is one of the largest and most complex weapons systems that have been subjected to the provisions of MIL-1-6051B and MIL-E-6051C, fielded as an operational system, and subsequently improved and retested. The purpose of this paper is to describe the initial method of testing the WS-133A MINUTEMAN weapon system at Vandenberg AFB to demonstrate compliance with MIL-1-6051B, to evaluate 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 MINUTEMAN weapon system MIL-E-6051C test scheduled for mid-1965.