WEAPONS
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Name, date,
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Actual
yield
Objective
Results
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October 29
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October 30
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tion Laboratory at Livermore began work in the spring of 1958 on the
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effort to develop a thermonuclear weapon’ weighing approximately 200 pounds. The duv:tested in July 1958 weighed 218 pounds and yielded § 7
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attaining such a low weight-to-yield ratio in this weight range is only one example of ‘*°
achievements of both the Los Alamos and Livermore laboratories in carrying out ac
programs required by the anticipated test suspension.
The we:ght of the device can be reduced about 15 pounds by! ,
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WEAPONS FACILITIES
Ballistics Test Range
The proposal] to lease 40,000 acres of desert land on the Navajo reservation nezr ~
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Arizona, for use as a ballistics test range was withdrawn. During the discussions ».'~
sentatives of the Navajo Tribal Council it was found that the loca] Navajos were near’,
mous in opposing this project. Alternate sites for a proposed range are under AEC :..
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