Issuance of an IHA to the U.S. Dept. of the Air Force, 86 Fighter Weapons Squadron toTake Marine Mammals by Harassment Incidental to the the Long Range Strike Weapon Systems Evaluation Program at the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii

The LRS WSEP test objective is to conduct operational evaluations of long range strike weapons and other munitions as part of Long Range Strike WSEP operations to properly train units to execute requirements within Designed Operational Capability Statements, which describe units’ real-world operational expectations in a time of war. The following aspects of the proposed LRS WSEP training activities have the potential to take marine mammals: munition strikes and detonation effects: overpressure and acoustic components.