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-the werepon is not yet operable because of difficulty with the
electronic portion of the fuze,
The full seale tests performed in Nevada in
~ Oetober and November 1951 (Operations BUSTER and JANGLE)
gave new
information for weapon development purposes and ineluded for
the Pirst time surface and underground detonations.
A large
scale thermonuclear device having an estimated energy release of
1-15 megatons TNT equivalent is being designed for testing at
Eniwetok,
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Weapon Production
4, & major part of the production effort has been devoted
to making new components and incorporating these into the stock-
pile ("conversion programs") and to initiating production operations on the Mark 5, 6, 7, &, and 9 weapons.
{(Implosion-type bomb; outside diameter 60 inches:
approximate weight10.» 800 pounds) -
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Mark 4 Weapon.
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