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at PMR (Vandenberg, I think) not Later than 1, April, 1962 with the first full
scale test for May at Johnston.

Listed under Sandia's participation in Nugget is a “major technical program"
which has fielded "a series of free-field particle motion measurements and some

electra-magnetic radiation studies made under DASA sponsorship as part of Vela
Uniform project.

These measurements are made to afford a better understanding

of the phenomena associated with the coupling of the energy of underground nuclear

detonations into the seismic transmission media."

January - March, 1962:
Sandia is well on the way to completing the systems for carrying the laboratory
devices and providing the F and F on the Dominic operation.

Note that the

companion instrumentation vehicles for the LASL Mark 15/39 ballistic cases are

themselves Mark 28 IN shapes.
Under the Fishbowl summary, Sandia notes that "the Mark 49 warhead will be reversed

in the Mark II RV to enhance the predictability of x-ray emission."
One of the appendices is a fairly lengthy description of the objectives and results
of Gnome.

April - June, 196}:
The Dominic and Fishbowl programs are reported on where it is noted that the DME

data was difficult to analyze due to the poor placement of the antenna on the drop
aircraft.

After changing displacement, typical accuracies of plus or minus 150 to

300 feet were obtained.

As for the

Fishbowl launches, the Starfish launch included a one pod, 2 RV

configuration which it was believed contributed to the failure.
Note under the heading of Nougat.ihat the April 14th Platt shot is said to be

the third in a series of vulnerability experiments

conducted in the Sioux

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