Sources
- Diebner’s report “Experiments on the Initiation of Nuclear Reactions by Means of Exploding Substances.” from Goldschmitt ALSOS files
Herrmann, Hartwig, Rackwitz, Trinks and Schaub, report entitled:
“Versuche über die Einleitung von Kernkettenreaktionen durch dieWirkung explodierender Stoffe, 1944 (found in Oak Ridge file box G-227)
Professor Kurt Diebner’s review of the experiments,
“Fusionsprozesse mit Hilfe konvergenter Stosswellen,” published in Kerntechnik, March 1962, pp 89-93, also
Dr Erich Bagge’s wartime diaries
The ZINSSER eyewitness report describes a blast diameter of 1 kilometre/1,000 metres, with a mushroom cloud which kept glowing for 15 seconds
A mushroom cloud which keeps glowing is a feature unique to nuclear explosions
a 1,000m blast diameter denotes a one kiloton or sub-kiloton blast Total yield can be determined from blast radius against a table of observed effects.
There is nothing impractical about small 1Kt nukes. Small 1Kt warheads can be used on V-2 rockets. Hitler demanded half of the Me262 jets be used as bombers, With what type of bombs did he intend?