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1.3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The Joint Chiefs of Staff on July 8, 1955, approved the incorporation
of a military effects program in Operation Redwing, including a special
effects test of an air-delivered thermonuclear weapon of approximately
yield; and the Secretary of Defense was requested to seek Presidential
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approval for the expenditure of : complete with
nuclear components, from the national stockpile for this specific purpose.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff on April 24, 1953, approved the following
policy relative to field tests of atomic devices and weapons:
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