indication of a correlation between the IV¥-George shot and unusual
weather events,
He stated that it was his opinion that no type of
weather would precipitate the fission products from a 50-100 KT weapon ,
but that essentially alt the activity from a 10 KT or less weapon would
be brought down by: a rainstorm,
.
Gen, Luedecks, in answer to Dr. Rabi's question, said that the |
Department of Defense aia hat have’ any plans to find out what the Process
is when the fireball just ‘touches the gifound,
He- confirmed this by
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gaying that no one seemed to be worried about an air drop from the falljut or raih-out standpoint when the fireball did not touch the -ground,
Gen. Luedecke, in response to a question by Dr. Fisk, said that our
' Enploy~
ment of
present concept of the use of a 10-megaton weapon was to fire it at
Large —
Weapons
ground level under proper wind conditions,
Dr, Machta said that: the
general wind conditions over the U.S; and over Europe were roughly
Similar to that described for the Pacific area,
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At 3:55 pms all visitors except Dr. Mark and Dr. Fine leftthe
‘meeting.
.
Dr. Mark then discussed the planned weapons development program at
Los Alamos,
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