3 ms·
Exactly. "Oops" when you're testing nuclear weapons would simply be a different yield than expected. I imagine the USAF radioisotope analysts (if that's still
by ethbro 9y ago
Exactly.
"Oops" when you're testing nuclear weapons would simply be a different yield than expected. I imagine the USAF radioisotope analysts (if that's still done these days, expect it might be impossible with underground testing) could possibly detect less-than-complete fusion.
But you've got to screw up pretty badly to have a static nuclear weapon test misfire.