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The Livermore answer on 18 May lon Harold Brown began by addressing the high
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on shielding
altitude question and stating that Livemnore feels a convincing argument
revealing
of high altitude shots can probably be made to the Russians without
substantial weapons design information.
With respect to the undermround situation and
ct answer with a short tern
decoupling experiments, Brown feels that probably an incorre
So.
program (in a month or so) is of less value than a correct answer in a your or
It would be extremely difficult to get anything meaningful in a month or two from
new experiments.
The problem with decoupling is not whether a large enoughwill
produce decoupling but whether such a hole can be made, at what cost, and what the
effects of inelasticity are.
LRL, however, will look into the problem of a crash
program as well as the possibility of Lined holes.
In furbher messages, Livermogee’
discusses with DMA the various possible tests, such as very samll shots in salt
blocks, and evaluates whether they are useful at all and which ones ought to be
pursued for which reasons.
This was the beginning of such things as PROJECT COWBOY.