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...wide acceptance, but it was not checked conclusively until the Navy decided to explode two atomic bombs at Bikini Atoll last year. During the preliminary survey, scientists mapped the underground structure of the atoll by seismic methods: 126 depth charges exploded at various points on the bottom of the lagoon sent waves through the coral and underlying material. The denser the medium, the faster such waves travel. By measuring how long the waves took to reach listening instruments, the Navy's scientists could estimate the density of the rock at various depths (see chart...
Test Charlie, the explosion of the sixth atomic bomb (in water three miles deep outside Bikini Lagoon), was postponed indefinitely last week by presidential order. The announced reason: Charlie would not add enough new information to the better-than-expected data collected at the first two Bikini tests. The unannounced and more compelling cause: economy. With both the Army & Navy scrabbling to make a combined $1.6 billion budget cut, Charlie looked like a $35-million baby who would not be missed...
...Albemarle to LSM 60, Senator Carl Hatch got in a plug for his home state by chalking on its side "Made in New Mexico." Through a specially designed opening in the tank-deck of the landing ship, the caisson was lowered several fathoms into the limpid waters of Bikini lagoon. Then all except a few specialists headed out to open water...
...miles away aboard the press ship Appalachian, watchers saw the huge area of Bikini lagoon rise with lightning-like speed and in boiling violence. LSM 60 vanished in the twinkling of an eye. The 26,100-ton battleship Arkansas (the oldest surviving P.S. dreadnaught, dating from 1910), was next nearest the detonation point. She flopped over on her port side and was immediately swallowed...
...covered, radioactive waters of the lagoon still prevented a closeup survey of the damage to what was an 87-ship target array, but the tonnage scoreboard for the first two controlled tests of the bomb's power against naval strength heavily favored this submarine burst. The score thus...