cannikin

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With more data like those gathered during Cannikin, Hasbrouck and Allen hope, scientists should be able to determine accurately the relationship between accumulated stress and the magnetic changes in an earthquake zone.

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That conclusion, by Wilfred P. Hasbrouck and Joe H. Allen of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is based on readings from magnetometers set up on Amchitka before Cannikin.

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The primary purposes of Cannikin are to proof-test the Spartan warhead . . . before large investment of funds is made on that component of the Safeguard system.

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In other words, the Russians were testing ABMs, recognized that the U.S. must therefore also test ABMs, and the Cannikin explosion would not jeopardize the disarmament talks, which, said Schlesinger, "are proceeding in businesslike fashion."

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The Committee for Nuclear Responsibility, representing a coalition of environmental and peace groups hastily organized to oppose Cannikin, launched a legal challenge against the Atomic Energy Commission in July.

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