| Show A bo boch III n case Is envisioned atomic weapon to get increased penetration washington D C the united states apparently is producing a special bomb casing in which its is new immensely powerful atomic atom c explosives can be used against a any y type of enemy target with such specialized containers or missiles the atomic bomb ceases to be only a mass destruction deap on for a shotgun style of attack on ah an industrial city it could be used against particular and difficult targets such as underground fortifications and factories A laconic phrase in the semiannual report of defense secretary louis johnson gave a significant hint said johnson atomic weapons are no longer a small number of bombs bomb of a single type and size to be used only strategically on a carefully selected target while neither the defense depart ment nor the atomic energy commission is inclined to go beyond johnsons cautiously phrased state ment problems encountered in world war 11 II and the results of tests at bikini and the enill tok proving ground suggest that those these are some of the objectives in the atomic weapon development 1 an A bomb encased in a deep penetration type jacket similar to the tall boy bomb developed in the closing days of the war the function of this conventional ex plosive bomb was to bore deep into the earth before exploding 2 an atomic mar marine ne mine which can be preset to explode or can be detonated by remote electronic con arol such a weapon may be dropped from a plane as thousands of standard mines manes were during th the e war or planted stealthily by a sub marine stealing into an ebern enemy I 1 harbor |
