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Because the

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required extensive cryo-

genic (low-temperature) facilities for the special handling of
liquid hydrogen, the AEC and the DOD had previously agreed that
the first attempt at designing a deliverable thermonuclear weapon

for emergency capability would be based on "dry" rather than "wet"

(eryogenic) principles,. The design of such a deliverable weapon,
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avoids the cryogenic problems by incorporating

deuterium in dry hydride form (lithium 6 deuteride).,

The lithium

6 would abserb neutrons during the explosion and be converted to
tritium, which would react with the deuterium to produce highenergy neutrons which would cause fission of natural ureniun.

6,

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weapon,
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werhead is to be incorporated ina
which may weigh es much as °59,000

In order to essure compatability of aircraft and weapen

and to achieve early delivery capability, the Air Force is working closely with the A&C,

7.

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&8 a result of the fevoreble outcome of the

experiment,

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it aeppeers desirable to develop a "wat" tyre of ther-

monuclear weapon in parallel with the "dry" type.

f£ithoaugh eryo-

eenic and lozistic aspects of a "wet" weapon pose sericus problers,

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