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bursts of an XW-51 warhead are computed.
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150. REPORT NUMBER
SC--3750 (PR)
110. PRIMARY TITLE (M)
Monthly report November 1955
710. CORPORATE SOURCE
Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
371. PUB. DATE (YYMMDD )
jdate
34. CLASSIF. LEVEL T EXT
Secret
950. ABSTRACT
The publication outlines the progress of Sandia
Corporation research and development organizations for
November 1955 in the atomic weapon program. Among items
discussed are: (feasibility of developing tactical or
laydown bombs with yields of 10, 40, 100, and 1000 kt;
(2) the feasibility of fitting Class B, C, and D
warheads in the B-58 (HUSTLER); (3) the feasibility of
suspending nuclear test devices from captive balloons

during full-scale continental atomic tests;

(4)

a

proposal to fuze the ATLAS warhead using a baroswitch to
provide airburst and piezoelectric crystals to achieve
ground-burst; (5) a proposal to simplify the fuzes used
in the Mk 7 and Mk 12 bombs to attain an interim
tactical bomb capability until the TX-28 tactical bomb
is available; (6) discussion of two new high-yield
801.

KEYWORD(S)

weapons, the TX-36 and XW-37; (7) development of new
thermal batteries for the XW-31 (NIKE B) and the TX-28.
ATOMIC WEAPONS/;LAYDOWN WEAPONS/; REDWING/;

ATLAS/fuzing systems-wd ;WEAPON 07/fuzing systems-wd ;
WEAPON 12/fuzing systems-wd ;WEAPON 36 TEST DEVICES/;

WEAPON 31 TEST DEVICES/;WEAPON 31/;WEAPON 28 TEST
DEVICES/;ATOMIC WARHEAD INSTALLATIONS; ATOMIC WARHEADS;
REDWING; TELEMETRY; THERMAL BATTERIES ; THERMONUCLEAR
WEAPONS; AIRPLANE B-58;BALLOONS; ATLAS; BARO SWITCHES;
NIKE-HERCULES; ATOMIC WEAPON DELIVERY
Item

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150. REPORT NUMBER
SC--3709 (PR)
110. PRIMARY TITLE (M)
Monthly report, July 1955
710. CORPORATE SOURCE
Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
371. PUB. DATE (YYMMDD)
jdate
34. CLASSIF. LEVEL TEXT
Secret
950. ABSTRACT
This publication outlines the progress of Sandia
Corporation research and development organizations for
July 1955 in the atomic weapons program. Among items
discussed are: (1) completion of operational suitability

tests of the Mk 5/MATADOR warhead;

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(2)

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