U.S. Air Force Project RAND, Implications of Large-Yield Nuclear Weapons, 10 July 1952, Top Secret, Excised Copy

Title

U.S. Air Force Project RAND, Implications of Large-Yield Nuclear Weapons, 10 July 1952, Top Secret, Excised Copy

Creator

United States Air-Force

Subject

Use of atomic weapons.

Description

One of the implications of the Harmon report, that 133 atomic bombs were not enough to break the Soviet Union, may have fed into the pressure for the hydrogen-bomb or “super” that accelerated after the Soviets tested an atomic device in August 1949.

Publisher

National Security Archive

Date

Jul 10, 1952

Format

Image/Scan of document

Source

National Security Archive

Language

English

Files

National-Security-Archive-Doc-03-U-S-Air-Force.pdf

Citation

United States Air-Force, “U.S. Air Force Project RAND, Implications of Large-Yield Nuclear Weapons, 10 July 1952, Top Secret, Excised Copy,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed November 25, 2024, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/5014.

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