minimum safe distance

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minimum safe distance [′min·ə·məm ¦sāf ′dis·təns]

(ordnance)

In an atomic explosion, the total distance from desired ground zero (DGZ) to friendly positions required to ensure troops safety.

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No references found			There is no Department of Defense (DoD) standard for minimum safe distance between manned or unmanned aircraft or munitions and aircraft. Earth, wind and fire: the experimentation environment by Durham, George A.; Myers, Frank T., II / Fires [check] REPORT * If transmitting by radio, stay a minimum safe distance of 25 ft. Unexploded ordnance by Airman The minimum safe distance in UK airspace for two aircraft is 1,000ft. My terror in air by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			minimum bend radius minimum configuration minimum cut minimum detectable signal minimum deviation minimum discernible signal minimum distance minimum dominating vertex set minimum ebb minimum edge cover minimum elevation minimum enroute instrument altitude minimum firing current minimum flight altitude minimum flood minimum frontal diameter minimum ionizing speed minimum lethal dose minimum metal condition Minimum Program of the RSDLP Minimum Protein Requirement Minimum Range minimum reflux ratio minimum rent minimum resolvable temperature difference minimum safe distance minimum seek time minimum signal level minimum thermometer minimum turning circle minimum vertex cover Minimum Wage minimum wetting rate minimum-access coding minimum-access programming minimum-access routine minimum-altitude bombing minimum-delay coding minimum-distance code minimum-latency coding minimum-latency programming minimum-latency routine minimum-loss attenuator minimum-loss matching minimum-loss pad minimum-modulus theorem minimum-phase system minimum-shock boom minimum-variance estimator Minin, Fedor Minin, Fedor Alekseevich			Minimum Requirements Specified Minimum Reserve Authorization Minimum Reserve Requirements Minimum Reserved Traffic Rate Minimum Residual Corneal Thickness Minimum Residual Disease Minimum Residual Flow Minimum Residual Radioactivity minimum residual radioactivity weapon Minimum Resolvable Contrast Minimum Resolvable Temperature Minimum resolvable temperature difference Minimum resolvable temperature difference Minimum Retirement Age Minimum Revenue Guarantee Minimum Revisable Unit minimum risk level Minimum Risk Route Minimum Risk Route/Low Level Transit Route Minimum Round Delay Minimum Route Advertisement Interval Minimum Route Leg Length Minimum Routing Tree Congestion minimum safe altitude minimum safe altitude Minimum Safe Altitude Warning minimum safe distance Minimum Safe Distance Urban Terrain Minimum Safe Firing Distance Minimum Safe Height Minimum Safe Height of Burst Minimum Safe Manning Certificate Minimum Safe Operating Temperature Minimum Safe Separation Distance Minimum Safety Space for Lane Changing Minimum salary Minimum salary Minimum salary Minimum Scan Line Time minimum school leaving age Minimum Science Mission Minimum Sector Altitude Minimum Security Activity Checklist Minimum Security Baseline Minimum Security Function Requirements minimum security prison Minimum Security Requirement Minimum Security Transitional Facility minimum seek time Minimum Selection Generalized Selection Combining Minimum Sensitivity Level minimum separable Minimum Service Commitment

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