scope:

Purpose. This handbook is concerned with Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO) testing for all Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps ordnance items and support equipment, for all mission areas. Although this handbook is intended primarily for use by Department of Defense (DoD) HERO test activities, it also provides a consolidation of corporate knowledge about the subject that should be of interest to procurement authorities and system developers.

This handbook supplements MIL-STD-464 by providing guidance for verification of the HERO requirements in that standard. Documentation associated with HERO testing is described in Appendix A of this handbook.

This handbook is for guidance only and cannot be cited as a requirement. If it is, the contractor does not have to comply.