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S. HRG. 99-478

NUCLEAR WINTER AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

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OCTOBER 2 AND 3, 1985

Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1986

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NUCLEAR WINTER AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1985

U.S. SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES,
Washington, DC.

The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:30 a.m., in room SR222, Russell Senate Office Building, Senator Barry Goldwater (chairman) presiding.

Present: Senators Goldwater, Warner, Humphrey, Cohen, Quayle, Wilson, Denton, Nunn, Hart, Exon, Levin, Dixon, and Glenn.

Staff present: James F. McGovern, staff director and chief counsel; Arnold L. Punaro, staff director for the minority; Jeffrey H. Smith, minority counsel; Robert E. Bayer, Robert F. Bott, Douglas R. Graham, and William E. Hoehn, Jr., professional staff members; Russell C. Miller, research assistant; and Karen A. Love, staff assistant.

Also present: Gerald J. Smith, assistant to Senator Goldwater; Robert P. Savitt, assistant to Senator Cohen; James M. Bodner, assistant to Senator Cohen; Henry D. Sokolski, assistant to Senator Quayle; Mark J. Albrecht, assistant to Senator Wilson; Allan W. Cameron and Deforest Hamilton, assistants to Senator Denton; Alan Ptak, assistant to Senator Gramm; Francis J. Sullivan, assistant to Senator Stennis; Janne E. Nolan, assistant to Senator Hart; Jeffrey B. Subko, assistant to Senator Exon; John Keeley, assistant to Senator Levin; Gregory B. Craig, assistant to Senator Kennedy; Charles C. Smith, assistant to Senator Dixon, and Phillip P. Upschulte, assistant to Senator Glenn.

OPENING STATEMENT BY SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER,
CHAIRMAN

Chairman GOLDWATER. The meeting will come to order.

This morning, the committee meets to receive testimony on the "nuclear winter" hypothesis, which postulates detrimental global climatic effects resulting from the lofting of sufficient smoke, dust, and other materials following nuclear explosions.

This will be the first of two hearings intended to follow up on the report by the Department of Defense on this subject that was submitted in response to the provisions of the fiscal year 1985 Defense Authorization Act.

Today's hearing will consist of two panels. The first panel, consisting of Dr. C.M. Gillespie of the Defense Nuclear Agency, will provide an updated assessment of the current scientific findings with regard to nuclear winter and related phenomena.

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