Some time between Spring and Fall 59 efforts sot re-directed at least in
pert to the question of a satellite system for surveying and detecting
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nuclear bursts and the Buzzer Committee, it looks like, put out a formal
report in October of $9 entitled "Capability Report for a Satellite System
for NuclearBurst Surveillance.”
The relationship of various organizations in October of 59 seems to be
that the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) and Space Technology
Laboratory (STL} were on contract to ARPA to allow the DoD to provide
information to the Department of State for use at the Geneva talks on
TestBans.
This information was addressing the question of detectability
of high altitude detonations. The AEC Labs were asked to assist, based
on the planning and studying in theoretical work that had already gone on
inhouse.
} Oct,59TWX from Hertford to Starbird gives rough Sandia and LASL
estimates for their FY 60 involvement in test detection (high altitude FP
and underground) programs.
-182 Oct. 59,J-15 Report:
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One of the areas covered is containment problems,
indicating that J-15 is now working to understand the results of the nine underground
vertical holes shots in area 3.
They are trying to model what takes place and
put it in a hydrodynamics code to better understand containment.
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A5Oct,59memo to the CNO from CJTF7 indicates that the AEC will retain
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(28 LCM"s and 12 LCU's at the EPG during
the maintenance standby period.
aK, be performed by Redstone and 2 by Jupiter, with the 6th a balloon shot.
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The
water surface and sub-surface programs includes 5 shots, 3 underwater and 2 over
deep water.
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The land surface weapons effects program includes 1 high yield surface
burst and 1 low yield air burst.