The Dual Axis Radiographic Hydro-Test facility (DARHT) at Los Alamos Laboratory was the subject of a technical assessment from the mysterious JASON defense science advisory panel.
A copy of the October 2006 study, simply entitled “DAHRT,” is here (pdf).
It was first reported on April 1 in the Albuquerque Journal by John Fleck, who also blogs here.
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