FOUR 16-INCH GUNS forming a tube connected to a half-mile-long tunnel for an experiment at the Naval Weapons Laboratory about 50 miles south of Washington. The Navy plans to detonate. 1000 pounds of T.N.T. In the big gunchamber and measure shock waves, which could be multiplied in force by 40,000 times. High-speed cameras will photograph the effect of the shock waves of military objects placed inside. Engineers hope the waves will dissipate in the long tunnel and emerge harmlessly.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31288, 7 February 1967, Page 11
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79FOUR 16-INCH GUNS forming a tube connected to a half-mile-long tunnel for an experiment at the Naval Weapons Laboratory about 50 miles south of Washington. The Navy plans to detonate. 1000 pounds of T.N.T. In the big gunchamber and measure shock waves, which could be multiplied in force by 40,000 times. High-speed cameras will photograph the effect of the shock waves of military objects placed inside. Engineers hope the waves will dissipate in the long tunnel and emerge harmlessly. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31288, 7 February 1967, Page 11
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