FIRST SESSION:
(July 12, 1954)
The Committee met (at the Sandia Laboratory) at 8:10 a.m.
Sandia
members except Dr. Wigner wete, present,
Briefings
.
:
were present;
All
The Secretary and Mr. Toned
ye
.
.
,
In addition, other groups as noted in Appendix 0, and
members of the Sandia staff attended.
The session was opened by Mr. James W. McRae, who welcomed the
Sandia
‘yiaitors and remarked briefly on the Sandia Laboratory and its status, -
Laboratory
;
He mentioned that the past year had been marked by the consolidation
of the staff into groups and that the staff size had levelled off at
5300-5400 people.
About 45% of the laboratory's effort is devoted to
production activities, 55% to research and development,
the latter as follows:
He classified
specific weapons development and design, 53%;
field testing, 18%; quality assurance, 13%; research, 11%; and informa~
tion services, 5%,
The first two presentations were to be ch weapons
development and design,
Mr. L. A, Hopkins di soussed missile applications,
Missile
ine
He emphasized
at the start the severity of the logistics problems involved in the
use of missile-borne atomic warheads, and, said it — time to reconsider
the stockpiling of complete warheads.
Mr. Hopkins showed slides pictur-
Posalble
ing various missiles, and discussed each in turn,
elas
on the Honest John rocket (Army) and the Navy depth bomb, he mentioned
Le SL Le 8
‘
:
After commenting
the following as pessible carriers for thermonuclear weapons;
Rascal;
Regulus-2 (500 mile range); Snark (one mile accuracy at 5000 miles);
Redstone; Navaho Ii; and Atlas. |
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