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… the design of the warhead for Spartan, the interceptor used in the upper tier of the U.S. Safeguard Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) system. Spartan missiles were to engage clouds of reentry vehicles and decoys above the atmosphere and destroy incoming warheads with a burst of high- energy x rays. … The Spartan warhead had high yield, produced copious amounts of x rays, and minimized fission output and debris to prevent blackout of ABM radar systems. Livermore also developed and first tested the warhead technology for the second-tier interceptor, the Sprint missile.
… the Supreme Court ruled by a 4–3 margin that the test could take place. On November 6, 1971, at 6:30 a.m. in Amchitka, the go-ahead came from the White House on a telephone hotline.
… the design of the warhead for Spartan, the interceptor used in the upper tier of the U.S. Safeguard Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) system. Spartan missiles were to engage clouds of reentry vehicles and decoys above the atmosphere and destroy incoming warheads with a burst of high- energy x rays. … The Spartan warhead had high yield, produced copious amounts of x rays, and minimized fission output and debris to prevent blackout of ABM radar systems. Livermore also developed and first tested the warhead technology for the second-tier interceptor, the Sprint missile.
… the Supreme Court ruled by a 4–3 margin that the test could take place. On November 6, 1971, at 6:30 a.m. in Amchitka, the go-ahead came from the White House on a telephone hotline.