meteorological measurements required in other tests:
the
provision of special timing signals for all tests; and in
general, as the title implies, a support not otherwise
specified before.
Here is a sample array of 20 aircraft that might be put
up for any one shot.
‘Gentlemen:
(discuss)
What I have given you is a general discussion
of our missions and the way we intend to accomplish them.
CASTLE we have advanced considerably in forcasting central
Pacific Weather.
Furthermore we have taken every conceivable
step to obviate such an unfortunate situation as that which
occurred on CASTLE,
I should like to summarize what we expectto. gain from
firing these tésts as follows:
If all of the devices on OPERATION REDWING perform according
to theoretical computations, we can expect (1) weapons of smaller
size with greater efficient use of special nuclear material
to enter stockpile in the very near future.
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(2) Something we
can use as a nuclear warhead in the various types of missiles
not now equipped with them.
(3) Considerable advancement in
our knowledge of the effects of nuclear detonations.
formation on which to
defense against them.
(4) In-
base resultant systems and methods of