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in ail areas.
Thus,
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experimental test programs in the past have
included projects designed to expand knowledge in both the
developmental and effects fields.
Operational and scientific
compromises nave been necessary in planning the test operations
so that both missions could be accomplished.
As in any compro~
mise, each interest has suffered in some degree, due largely
to the co-equal status of interest in each test.
(masmuch as its yield was thought
to be most accurately predictable and inost nearly in the order of
magnitude desired for a large weapons effects program,
most of the
military structures and materials tests were designed around this
shot,
The joint bio-medical program
was also largely tied to this
ce
Moe
shot.
, The changes were
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costly in time, manpower, and moncy and at the same time prevented
a
full realization of the laboratory objective for proof-testing.
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B Some of the Departmeant of Defense structures Were purposely placed on the main
radial blast line from the ground zero to obtain certain data.
Tt also became necessary to locate some of the laboratory Instrument