Re: 1963--nuclear weapon alarm system

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From: JimP
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 07:23

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On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 16:45:42 -0800 (PST), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:

>In 1963, Western Union, under contract with the US Air Force, installed 
>a nationwide nuclear weapon detonation detection system.  If there
>was an attack, the airforce would be immediately notified.
>
>The system worked by having special sensors that would only be
>triggered by the intense light of a nuclear weapon.  Other light
>(sunlight, lightning, etc) would not affect it.  Upon receipt of
>the blast light, the sensor would send a off signal before the blast
>shock wave (travels slower) and destroyed the sensor and wires.
>Areas would have multiple sensors in case one was destroyed.
>
>The sensors and warning system is described in the WUTR:
>http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/telecom-archives/archives/technical/western-union-tech-review/17-1/p032.htm
>
>

A satellite designed to do that some decades ago... found x-ray
burster stars. It almost caused a big panic and a war.

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