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You're spot on here. As I understand, the Russian state was quite surprised at the capabilities of Western detection science. It was certainly not common knowle
by sephamorr 8y ago
You're spot on here. As I understand, the Russian state was quite surprised at the capabilities of Western detection science. It was certainly not common knowledge that low-concentration alpha emitters (still plenty poisonous) could be detected in blood, nor that the assassins could be tracked all the way back to Russia just from their limited exposure.
- cynicalkane 8y agoThe science is actually old and certainly known to physicists around the world. Such detectors are readily available to university physics laboratories, for example. But if you don't have a physics background, it might never occur to you that such technology exists.