UNCL ASSirIED ISSUES MAJOR OBSERVATIONS LESSONS LEARNEG I UncertaJnty e Jsted as to the nuMber of NEST personnel neceesar to b• • · - •-is '-· r t 1sf ctcr-1 y r-er-fcri t this Miss1on 1 Early coriMitMent t- - l1Mdat1cn on operational fle - • bility Need to heh- 1 - r'ee ed understanding of NEST personnel resource requireMents for different s1tuetions perhaps a Modular approach would be appropriate • ' ' •• • 2 No central data acquisition display location existed for the overall operetion Each ofganizational unit Maintained their own capability and sharing was accoMplished verbally by the senior principals at coordination Meetings once or twice per day Staff coordination was assuMed but the AMbassador at one point late in the exercise felt lhet Intel was not being adequately shared and requested a standup Intel briefing by JSOC and NEST 3 SoMe confusion e isted as to control at the working point between EDD or d NEST InforMation rega-rding operations to be conducted and personnel perMitted at the working point were transMltted up and down independent coMMunJcat1ons networks and they were not always the aMe This soMewhat frustrated the NEST CoMMander for Science Nevertheless EOD and NEST exhibited very close professional cocpera 1on and work d jointly to resofve issues · 4 A related issue to J3 above concerns who EOO works fer • DOD or DOE NEST This issue was recognized but not resolved 5 EOO and NEST TOC was very close-packed with personnel The · resulting congestion and noise iMpacted operations Restructuring layout should be considered for exaMple the NEST CoMMander for Science indicated a need to have teaM chiefs at his teble 5 rath-ar than his Moving froM tea to teaM to coordinate operations 6 The NEST CP functiQned very well partdculerly the iMMediate teaM reporting to the 006 On-scene CoMMander Issues were discussed and conclusions were arrived at after exaMining the pros and cons of all technical alternatives 7 The consequence analysis of a potential nuclear detonation was exaM1ned priMarily on a technical basis A separate More-detailed consequence 66 analysis and recovery 66 potential handbook potentially involving Multiple federal aQencies should be considered for a nuclear detonation in a populated area 8 The actcrs involved in this exercise added superior real1sM and the opportunity for players to-react to' different real stiMuli Th' actors were positively Magnificent 9 Overall this was an u exercise - r