UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
RADIATION LABORATORY
"LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA
‘Brig. General A, D. ‘Starbira
‘Director of Military*Application
U.S, “Atomic. Energy Commission
““1901° Constitution Avenue. oe
‘Washington 25, D. C,a
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whether or’ not it~ 1s*possible’“to determine by rocket: ofdoverminty
ratio of fission to fusion*yleld in a nuclear shot, :®Atuthatstime
we gave you our preliminary views of the subject. which -indicated
that we belleved the method was promising, and you advised
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the similar Redwing experiment for NRDL) was asked. for cost,
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swith’ a good chance” ‘of -‘guccess and thorough enough “so. that ..on
should be able to say with.‘confidence whether such a”‘method1s,
_ feasible or not... - Program 2 is less complete (and:somewhat less#
expensive) and is considerdd:’‘a,minimal program, ‘It would“advance!
the-state of the-art *‘significantly (from where NRDL"left™it)§
would require further tests. ‘to- achieve a high degreeof
confidence in the’ ‘system. c
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