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• warned exposed — The vulnerability of friendly forces to nuclear weapon effects. In this condition, personnel are assumed to be prone with all skin covered and with thermal protection at least that provided by a two layer summer uniform. See also unwarned… …   Military dictionary

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• unwarned exposed — The vulnerability of friendly forces to nuclear weapon effects. In this condition, personnel are assumed to be standing in the open at burst time, but have dropped to a prone position by the time the blast wave arrives. They are expected to have… …   Military dictionary

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• troop safety (nuclear) — An element that defines a distance from the proposed burst location beyond which personnel meeting the criteria described under degree of risk will be safe to the degree prescribed. It is expressed as a combination of a degree of risk and… …   Military dictionary

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