JOTP-011
5 December 2014
requirements and/or factors that affect test sample sizes. When nation specific requirements
conflict with requirements in this document, the reference tables in Appendix I may be used to
assist in the process of cross-referencing the national and international documents. The rationale
used in tailoring shall be documented and retained as part of the S3 assessment file. Particularly,
document the elimination of tests, reduction of sample quantities, or reduction of severities, any of
which may result in reduced evidence to fully support the required safety assessment of the munition.
Deviations from the S3 assessment testing program shall be approved by National S3 Authority(ies)
or other appropriate Authorities prior to the start of testing. A tailoring example is provided in
Appendix B, Annex 3 to show how test tailoring may be applied to an S3 Test Program based on a
specific set of circumstances.
6.4 MUNITION PACKAGING.
The munition test configuration should be tailored to the appropriate shipping, handling, storage,
and operational deployment (stowage and launch) configuration that the munition will experience
during its service life. Test items may be configured as palletized, stacked, individual container,
or bare munitions. Use the appropriate packaging configuration for the transport phase to be tested.
Figure 2 presents possible test item configuration examples. For many munitions, the shipping
and storage container serves as the stowage and launch tube, hereafter designated as the shipping
and launch canister (SLC). The SLC type munition may be packaged as an individual unit or it
may have sub canisters. In any case, the SLC configuration should be the only configuration for
all environmental tests.
6.5 ENVIRONMENTAL TEST LEVELS.
The environmental test levels specified in this document are based on the anticipated extreme
conditions for storage, transportation, handling, maintenance, and firing of the munition. Natural
and induced environmental factors for storage, transportation, and deployment are selected from
AECTP 100, Annex A. Climatic test levels are based upon climatic categories defined in MIL-
STD-810. Transportation dynamics test levels are based on MIL-STD-810, Methods 514 and 516.
The deployment (tactical) vibration and shock environments should be tailored based on measured
data using tailoring guidance in MIL-STD-810, Methods 514 and 516. Electromagnetic
Environmental Effects (E3) test levels are based on MIL-STD-464 and JOTP-061. International
test method specifications may be employed to meet the environmental test requirements if it can
be demonstrated that the international specification is technically equivalent or superior to the
referenced methods. In addition, the international documents listed in the cross reference table in
Appendix I may also contain unique test requirements and severities only applicable to the specific
nation. Rationale for the specific test levels in this document is provided in Appendix A. Test
levels or specification deviations for munitions designated to be deployed to specific areas of the
world or on specific transport or tactical vehicles may result in limitations on service use or require
use of special procedures. Test time compression in accordance with MIL-STD-810, Method 514
may be acceptable, however, the risk of introducing false failure modes should be considered.
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