Antimissile missiles

Interviewed by
Finn Aaserud
Interview dates
April 29 and 30, 1987
Location
University of California, Santa Barbara
Abstract

Overview of JASON; background to JASON involvement; reasons for joining; relationship to Los Alamos effort. Primary interest in anti-ballistic missile (ABM) issues; work on optical processes; relationship to his own work in physics. Assesses JASON contribution; its critical function view as central. Work on electronic "barrier" for Vietnam, ballistic missile defense, and anti-submarine warfare.