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This presentation covers: Discovery Era: 1945-1958, Test Moratorium: 1958-1961, Testing the Limits Era: 1961-1963, Building the Stockpile Era: 1963-1992, Post Testing Era: 1992 and Beyond, Plowshare Program, Nuclear Treaties, Summary, and Questions.
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The presentation is part of the Actinide lecture series, 2020.
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Deterrence is the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences. Our security hedge in an uncertain world discourages our adversaries & reassures our allies.
This presentation provides an overview of computational physics, the role LANL played in the history of computational physics, and how computational physics differs at LANL. Next, the presentation addresses computational physics as part of the LANL weapons program. Finally, the computational physics structure at LANL is addressed.
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The era of atmospheric testing defies a simple description. Beginning with the goal of proving fission, the United States’ test program grew in complexity as scientists explored thermonuclear reactions, met the military demand for a variety of weapons for an increasing number of delivery platforms, and reacted to the ever-growing public fear of fallout. And, of course, political considerations were always present, first in the prosecution of World War II and later in the Cold War. To understand the atmospheric test program, then, is to understand how science, politics, and the public shaped our society in ways that are still difficult to fully understand.
We use a couple of cavemen to explain the concept of deterrence, which has been with humans from the beginning. The interaction between the two cavemen will demonstrate how deterrence can discourage violence by instilling doubt and fear of the consequences escalating such violence further.
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