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1.3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The Joint Chiefs of Staff on July 8, 1955, approved the incorporation
of a military effects program in Operation Redwing, including a special
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yield; and the Secretary of Defense was requested to seek Presidential
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effects test of an air-delivered thermonuclear weapon of approximately
approval for the expenditure of a C
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nuclear components, from the national
stockpile for this specific purpose.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff on April 24, 1953, approved the followinz
policy relative to ficld tests of atomic devices and weapons:
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