Friday, January 13, 2012

A New Method To Spot Nuclear Explosions



Satellite Imagery Detects Thermal "Uplift" Signal Of Underground Nuclear Tests -- Space War

A new analysis of satellite data from the late 1990s documents for the first time the "uplift" of ground above a site of underground nuclear testing, providing researchers a potential new tool for analyzing the strength of detonation.

The study has just been published in Geophysical Research Letters.

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My Comment: The tech that makes this possible must be incredible.

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