and height of burst that would provide a basis for a worthwhile
experiment to corroborate or to disprove this possibility.
AFOAT-1 replied to our query in a letter dated January 17, 1956,
(AEC 12/7) which enclosed a study entitled "Long Range Detection
of Very High Altitude Nuclear Weapons Tests" which covered the
acoustic detection method in some detail and touched lightly on
the other methods. |
3. On November 3, 1955, we advised the Military Liaison
Committee
(MLC) of Professor Lawrence 's proposal, and we
requested that the Department of Defense furnish us information
concerning missiles appropriate to the task of carrying nuclear
warheads tovery high altitudes. |
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4h, Advice was requested from Sandia Corporation on the
feasibility of providing necessary warhead components for the