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A much more precious clock is used by USA to guide nuclear missiles without GPS. (nucleus of Thorium 229 controlled by a high-precision UV laser?)
by oneshtein 1y ago
A much more precious clock is used by USA to guide nuclear missiles without GPS. (nucleus of Thorium 229 controlled by a high-precision UV laser?)
- UltraSane 1y agoThat clock hasn't actually been built yet and it wouldn't be useful for guiding nuclear missiles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_clock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_clock
- oneshtein 1y agoI mean, than nucleus is much heavier and much smaller than electron, so it will be much less affected by external forces. We may see no difference between sea level and space based Thorium-229 clocks, or difference will be much smaller.
- UltraSane 1y agoICBMs can be aimed as accurately as they need to be with current inertial navigation technology.