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Chuck Hansen presented a paper entitled "A Hindenburg in the Bomb Bay: The Transition from Liquid to Solid Fueled Thermonuclear Weapons, 1951-1954" "at the Second Los Alamos International History Conference co-sponsored by the Los Alamos Historical Society and the University of New Mexico at Los Alamos between August 9 and 12, 1998. The abstract of Mr. Hansen's paper follows:
Early U.S. thermonuclear war plans were based on the availability of large liquid-fueled weapons and all their attendant encumbering cryogenic apparatuses. A Hindenburg in the Bomb Bay explains the transition in U.S. Air Force planning and logistics for the replacement of liquid-fueled hydrogen weapons by solid-fueled devices. The objectives and results of both Nevada and Pacific Ocean proof tests of early thermonuclear weapons and their components are also described.
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