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I wonder if they could just wait until a suitable earthquake happens, and then just lie it was a bomb they detonated?

by bemmu 11y ago

mc32 11y ago
I think "they" usually look for radiation signatures via satellites (and other signal collection systems).
- caf 11y ago
  WC-135 Constant Phoenix http://theaviationist.com/2013/02/18/wc-135-nuclear-sniffer/ http://theaviationist.com/2013/02/18/wc-135-nuclear-sniffer/
dredmorbius 11y ago
Seismic, acoustic, and, especially, radiation signatures tend to strongly differentiate natural and nuclear device events. Earthquakes virtually always develop over both time and space -- the "epicenter" of an earthquake is the center or origin of the movement. Some quakes occur over very long rupture zones -- the 2004 Boxing Day quake off the coast of Indonesia involved several hundred km of fault line, and moved along that fault at several hundred km/hr (this is among the reasons why major quakes can be felt over several minutes -- the rupture is literally happening over that duration, and, depending on the location of the observer, the seismic waves have to travel back to them). An atomic blast begins and ends within a few thousands of a second -- at the seismic scale it's both instantaneous and a point event. A bomb will vent radioactive fission/fusion products and their decay products, many of which are radioactive, and have signatures specific to the type of weapon and design used. Even underground blasts will typically vent detectable quantities to the surface and atmosphere.
- sandworm101 11y ago
  Bombs also do not have any for/aftershocks. Not all quakes do, but it is a tell.
jonathankoren 11y ago
The wave forms are completely different.[1] That's how you can tell it's artificial. Radiation let's you know that that it's a nuke, and not just a pile of TNT. [1] https://twitter.com/drrocks1982/status/684616925079552000 https://twitter.com/drrocks1982/status/684616925079552000

I wonder if they could just wait until a suitable earthquake happens, and then just lie it was a bomb they detonated?

by bemmu 11y ago

I wonder if they could just wait until a suitable earthquake happens, and then just lie it was a bomb they detonated?

mc32 11y ago

I think "they" usually look for radiation signatures via satellites (and other signal collection systems).

caf 11y ago
WC-135 Constant Phoenix http://theaviationist.com/2013/02/18/wc-135-nuclear-sniffer/ http://theaviationist.com/2013/02/18/wc-135-nuclear-sniffer/

dredmorbius 11y ago

Seismic, acoustic, and, especially, radiation signatures tend to strongly differentiate natural and nuclear device events. Earthquakes virtually always develop over both time and space -- the "epicenter" of an earthquake is the center or origin of the movement. Some quakes occur over very long rupture zones -- the 2004 Boxing Day quake off the coast of Indonesia involved several hundred km of fault line, and moved along that fault at several hundred km/hr (this is among the reasons why major quakes can be felt over several minutes -- the rupture is literally happening over that duration, and, depending on the location of the observer, the seismic waves have to travel back to them). An atomic blast begins and ends within a few thousands of a second -- at the seismic scale it's both instantaneous and a point event. A bomb will vent radioactive fission/fusion products and their decay products, many of which are radioactive, and have signatures specific to the type of weapon and design used. Even underground blasts will typically vent detectable quantities to the surface and atmosphere.

sandworm101 11y ago
Bombs also do not have any for/aftershocks. Not all quakes do, but it is a tell.

jonathankoren 11y ago

The wave forms are completely different.[1] That's how you can tell it's artificial. Radiation let's you know that that it's a nuke, and not just a pile of TNT. [1] https://twitter.com/drrocks1982/status/684616925079552000 https://twitter.com/drrocks1982/status/684616925079552000