Word: thermonuclear
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...course, referring to the monster thermonuclear device exploded by the U.S.S.R. during its 1961 test series. Said McNamara: "They have demonstrated a device of 60 megatons which we believe could be weaponized at about 100 megatons. The Soviets probably have no missile at this time which will deliver a 100-megaton warhead." As to that, some U.S. scientists and military leaders disagree with McNamara, believe that the 100-megaton giant, weighing between 20,000 and 30,000 Ibs., could already be hung on the end of the Soviets' gigantic Vos-tok-launching rocket, nicknamed "The Beast" by U.S. intelligence...
Institute for Humanistic Studies, where one may attend two-hour discussions on Aristotle's Ethics or Herman Kahn's thermonuclear theories. The music is just as uncompromising. A typical program may consist of a Bach suite, a Mozart piano concerto, and a trio of demanding modern works by Darius Milhaud, conducted by the arthritically crippled composer from his wheelchair. All 40 of the visiting artists also teach, and among those present besides Milhaud this season are Met Opera Star Eleanor Steber and the renowned teacher of Van Cliburn, Rosina Lhevinne. By encouraging the festivaliant to start...
...high-speed printer sells for $350,000 to $500,000. First one to go into use is scheduled to begin operation next month at the University of California's nuclear research laboratory, where it will print computers' thoughts about thermonuclear research. Radiation hopes to make two or three of the printers a year at first, eventually hopes that the machine will win acceptance for commercial use. In its present form, it would not be used to print newspapers or magazines, since electrosensitive paper is prohibitively expensive and the quality of the result is not nearly as good...
...expert on thermonuclear power and a jolly nice chap, Martelli came to the attention of a British physicist, through him won a place on the 600-man team working on long-term fusion research at Culham Laboratory in the Cotswolds. There, in Room 103, Giuseppe spent his days in pure research, the kind of science that is not expected to yield concrete results until the 1980s; like all Euratom projects, it involved no classified information. After a few weeks in England, Giuseppe set up house among a group of scientists in nearby Abingdon...
...time next year. Pershing's success adds a heavy wallop to the U.S.'s arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons. These weapons give the U.S. and its allies, especially in Western Europe, a vital potential for ground war beyond the brush-fire level and less than all-out thermonuclear holocaust. Among the Army's other tactical nuclear weapons...