Document Details
Title:
Letter from K. H. Kingdon to Dr. L. R. Hafstad dated December 26, 1950
Author(s):
Kingdon, K H [KAPL]
Document Location:
LBNL Archives and Records Office, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mailstop 69-104, Berkeley, CA, 94720, (510)486-5525, (510)486-7200, jwstoner@lbl.gov
Document Categories:
Nuclear Weapons and Related Technology\Nuclear Weapons Effects
Document Type:
CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS
Publication Date:
1950 Dec 26
Declassification Date:
2000 Mar 06
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
2
Accession Number:
OOB021000
Document Number(s):
1-13-87
Originating Research Org.:
KAPL
OpenNet Entry Date:
2002 May 31
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
The purpose of this letter is to bring to your attention the possibility of using the "Dragon" technique as a means for the military exploitation of atomic energy against an extended target, such as a group of airplanes, and as possible countermeasure against an atomic bomb carried by one of the planes.