Background This document was first released in 2003, though heavily redacted. In February of 2018, I requested a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) of the record, in hopes it would be further declassified. It was not, in fact, the redactions ...
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Improved Dry Biological Disseminator, June 1967
Background Originally, this document was fully denied under FOIA Exemption (b)(1), in June of 2016. I appealed, based on the reality that the record was nearly 50 years old (at the time of requesting) and it seemed pretty unbelievable that not a ...
The GAM-63 RASCAL Missile
Background The GAM-63 RASCAL is a supersonic Air-to-surface missile that was developed by the Bell Aircraft Company. The RASCAL was the United States Air Force’s first nuclear armed standoff missile. The RASCAL was initially designated the ...
Directed Energy Weapons Test Facility, August 1963
Background This Final Report was prepared by Ion Physics Corporation under Air Force Contract AF08(635)-2795, “Directed Energy Weapons Test Facility”. The work was administered under the direction of Weapons Laboratory ...
Weapons Classification Guide
The following document was requested in June of 1999, and took approximately 8 years to obtain. It was listed in a DTIC bibliography, with no report title, and no information. So, intrigued, I requested the report number, and this is what came ...