SpaceThe Registerabout 2 hours ago
Model verifies nuclear weapons ban in space
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MIT associate professor Areg Danagoulian modeled a method to detect nuclear weapons in Earth's orbit using neutron signals from interactions with trapped high-energy protons. A CubeSat with commercially available equipment weighing up to 18kg could identify a thermonuclear weapon at 4 km distance after about a week of observations.
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