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This specification furnishes general requirements for design and establishes uniform methods for testing electric initiators and electric initiator sub assemblies. The purpose of the testing program is to determine the electric characteristics, soundness of mechanical design, output, and resistance to deleterious service environments. For purposes of this specification the term electric initiator includes such items as hot wire initiators, exploding bridgewire initiators, device, or sub assembly whose actuation is caused by the application of electric energy with intr un initiates an explosive, propellant or pyrotechnic material contained therein. the term electric initiator does not include complete assemblies which have electric initiators as sub assemblies but includes only the sub assemblies themselves. In addition, electric initiators must be safe for handling, transportation, storage and use and must not deteriorate to a degree which would render their performance or safety doubtful under normal service handling, adverse storage and transportation. RF susceptibility requirements and tests have not been included in this specification because the general requirements and necessary tests are not available at the present state of the art. Implicit in the one watt and one empire maximum no-fire requirements of this specification is the recognition of the hazards of electromagnetic radiation to ordnance (HERO). This one wet and one ampere requirement in conjunction with other design requirement stated herein does not solve the HERO problem however, they do serve as a means of reducing hazards from all spurious electric sources including electromagnetic radiation. General requirements for weapon systems to preclude EIER0 are established in KtL-P-24014( Wep).

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