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PART III
WEAPONS
WEAPONS PRODUCTION
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1, The production of nuclear weapons in the July-September
quarter was 22 percent below forecast.
Among the individual pro-
grams, the Mark 25 warhead for the Genie missile and the Mark 28
Class D thermonuclear bomb were furthest behind schedule,
The
lag in these programs resulted from difficulties encountered with
the newly designed
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However, pro-
duction during September improved generally, and at the end of
the month it appeared that the production lag for all programs
would be overcome by January 1959, and that the previously reported
forecast of the number of nuclear weapons in stockpile by June
30,
1959, would be met,
2. New weapons first produced for stockpile during the
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quarter were:
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a. The Class D thermonuclear bomb, Mark 28 Yl, with a
yield of’ Li
[and a weight of 2,000 pounds,
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b. The Mark 49 Yl thermonuclear warhead for the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles, Jupiter and Thor, with a
yield of pricy ,
‘and a weight of 1,600 pounds, and
c. The Class D thermonuclear warhead, Mark 21s for the
Regulus and Rascal missiles with a yield of! 7:7 <3
and
a weight of 2,800 pounds.
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