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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.?

Yes the DEW line was supposed to detect Soviet missles coming over the
North pole area... instead it spotted the moon rising over the
horizon.