ane 20 18 Equip. & Utilities INVESTMENT IN PLANT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS Bldgs. & Structures Community Facilities 16 = Salton Sea Bldgs. & Equipment 149 129 1950 1951 1952 1953 The primary objective of Sandia Laboratory research is to contribute to the design of weapons that basic understanding of weapons systems which will provide optimum military worth. More specifically, it is to understand thoroughly the effects of atomic bombs and the methods of delivering them in order to determine the basic requirements of bomb design. In achieving such an understanding, special emphasis is directed toward the fuzing system; toward knowledge of realistic requirements of accuracy and reliability which will in turn permit an intelligent choice to be made between types of fuzing systems. Two related factors have had a marked effect on all aspects of the research program: the in- creased supply of nuclear material, and the increased yield which can be obtained from a given size of nuclear system. Together they have made possible the economical use of nuclear weapons in tactical applications and the employment of a wider variety of delivery methods. The scope of research problemsis extensive as a consequence of the numberof tactical weapons involved. ALGS One base for weapon design is an understanding of the destructive effects of atomic bombs. These effects are far from being completely understood by physicists. They are - being investigated by Sandia Laboratory which supplies instrumentation for measuring blast, heat, and nuclear radiation effects in full-scale atomic weapon tests and analyzes resulting data. Studies of small-scale high explosive blasts at Coyote Canyon have contributed additional data, and laboratory shock tube studies have supplied information about the fundamental mechanisms involved in shock wave transmission through the atmosphere. DORA “pews Ie 60