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I was thinking about how the detection system would work. We'd send up a bunch of satellites with specific detectors on them, then we send out a burst of neutri
by russellbeattie 5y ago
I was thinking about how the detection system would work. We'd send up a bunch of satellites with specific detectors on them, then we send out a burst of neutrinos which will ring all the dense fissionable material like a bell. The satellites then record the pinpoint location of where any of it is anywhere on the planet.
That could be the beginning of the novel/Netflix series/pre-announcement mystery as all the scientists in the world notice something just happened, but aren't sure what for a while...
I also love the idea of doing it all as a hoax. Like a bluff. We mock up fake demos and then convince the entire world we have this power to detonate any nuke anywhere as if we owned it... And say, "We really don't want to have to demonstrate it for real, but if we have to." And the world voluntarily disarms...
- belter 5y agoSince we are discussing ways of saving the world :-) This method would help to identify status: "How to dismantle a nuclear bomb" (2019) "MIT team successfully tests a new method for verification of weapons reduction." https://news.mit.edu/2019/verify-dismantle-nuclear-bombs-0927 https://news.mit.edu/2019/verify-dismantle-nuclear-bombs-092...