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Article #620540Re: 1963--nuclear weapon alarm system
From: J. Clarke
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:01
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:01
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On 9 Feb 2018 09:03:10 GMT, ma...@mail.com wrote: >On 2018-02-09, JimP <solo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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. > >There was a panic as well with the radar once, when the moon rose, >was that right.? Yeah, they weren't expecting it to get return from the Moon.
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