14 DASA 2019-2 in making better delivery systems for nuclear weapons and better fusing systems ‘to detcnate them, and in devising better atrategy and tactics for their use. Most of these young people—and not all are that youn, —have not had the privilege of seeing what these weapons can da, Yet, there seems to be an racreasingly enthusiastic mood about using these newly designed and packayed weapons, which are of great varicty, design, and yield. This ie what concerns me. This is why famhere, I may not be the oldest here but having had the experience of being bombed during World War Il, lam of the opinion that o1e major war during anyone's lifetime in just about enough. Now, [koa.w seme of you here already may have gone through two wars and you sure won't ask for a third one. Yet, Lam convinced byall that U see, hear, and read that un- lesa we as ‘'scientisis’ of different feathess start looking into this, we may just pet that war that none of us wants. Most scientists become increasingly specialized while losing, to an ever-increasing extent, contact with the world ir which they live. In applied research—research lam engaged in at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory—things often seem to be the reverse of what I just said. Jtere as a student of reproductive physiology and endocrinology, [have not had a chance to do any work in this field of ecience, but rather spend my time studying the effects of nuclear weapons on integrated biological systems, We are to determine what really does happen after a weapon has been used. This particularly in terms of when, and for how long, where, and over wnat range, and how, i.e., how quickly does a man uct killed, and if he doesn't get killed, what has been done to him in terms of his potential as a soldier’? it in other words, canhe stil) be used’ To put Lf aot killed, and having a chance co live, what are his chances, and are they goud enough to send him to the medics who "supposedly" know what to uo with him in terms of treatment. rye Gentlemen, the facts are that the medical professio.s, in general, knows next to nothing about the treatment and care of radiation damaged biological systems. Granted, many medical doctors working in research do know. Dr. Conard'’a work is an excellent example. He and his team have gained tremendous knowledge about what happened and can happen from their studies on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Yet, somchowor other this information does not enter into the medical school curriculum and our young M.0.'s graduating from these institutions know hettle or nothing about it. Seerningly to them and those whu tcach them, there are more important things to know about