Science: Is the Neutron Bomb Ready?

Out of the ominous debate over nuclear testing, an ominous phrase, "the neutron bomb," echoed across the U.S. last week. It resounded through Congress, leaked into the press, was broadcast on TV and radio. Connecticut's Democratic Senator Thomas J. Dodd, the N-bomb's most enthusiastic proponent, told the Senate: "We are in mortal peril. More than a year has passed since I first spoke on the folly of the test-ban moratorium. I mentioned the neutron bomb would operate as a kind of death ray. It would do next to no physical damage and result in...

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