of opinion whether proximity fuzing ie satisfdctory, The difficulty
about contact fuzing jn the two-stage weapons arises from the facts
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that

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in these weapons and that

the bomb bays of the available carriers do not have sufficient space

for fuze assembly external to the case,

.

It was suggested that a

"walking stick" arrangement might be resorted to,
This discussion concluded the morning meeting, and the session
was adjourned at 11:00 a.m.

Between this time and noon the groups

visited a mock-up room in which various warheads and missile mountings

were shown, The exhibits included-a full TX-15 eesembly.
SECOND SESSION

(July 12, 1954)

This session began at 12:45 p.m.

the first session,

Attendance was the same as at

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After introductory remarks by Mr. NeRae 3 bthe subject of weapon
Weapon

Effects

effects, as they come into systems studies, was discussed by Mr. S. C,
Hight.

The Sandia Laboratory's primary interest in this subject is in

learning how best to fuze.

Tactical and air defense uses are receiving

particular attention at present.
Mr. Hight gave a list of the phenomena of interest, their
approximate scaling laws in terms of yield, W, and in some cases D,
Gistance.

teeter =

He also listed kill and safe criteria,

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