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2 Assessment of Classified Research Relevant to PAVE PAWS
Pages 26-30

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... Air Force had produced any evidence for biological effects that might relate to potential health effects of electromagnetic radiation with characterishcs relevant to the radiations produced by the PAVE PAWS beam, members of the NRC committee with appropriate personnel security clearances and expertise in the engineenug and biological disciplines were asked to review the Air Force's classified research and results, To 26
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... The Director of the Board on Radiahon Effects Research and two committee members, one with biological expertise and one with physics expertise, examined the classified reports and data summaries m the Directed Energy Bioeffects Division of the laboratories at Brooks AFB. The site-visit team asked the Air Force to provide all reports and data summaries for all electromagnetic radiation research related to the PAVE PAWS beam characteristics.
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From page 28...
... In its review of the classified data, the review team had to rely on the responsible Air Force personnel to provide access to all data as requested by the committee. The Air Force administrative personnel were very cooperative in making the classified materials of the EHS program available to the committee.
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From page 29...
... Experimental results reviewed by the site-visit team, while not generally stahshcally significant or at exposure conditions representative of PAVE PAWS, suggest that stimulation of cardiac or skeletal muscle might be demonstrated at high power levels and sub-second exposures. It was somewhat disappointing to the review team that some of the data summaries could not be easily traced back to certain key experimental characteristics.
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... Washington DC: National Academy Press. AFRL-HEX (AirFome Research labor, -Health Effects Classification)
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