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Jan 06, 2007 13:15

A condition of 1996's Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, an international ban on nuclear tests ratified by all nuclear states except India, Pakistan and (now) North Korea, was the establishment of a global network of sonic detection stations capable of identifying any illicit nuclear test. Each station contains a set of pressurized tubes that sense the ( Read more... )

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Sweet anonymous January 6 2007, 04:30:42 UTC
So, That red thing detects nuclear blasts how? What if a giant meteor fell towards earth, would it detect the same thing?
Just curious

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Re: Sweet acmts January 7 2007, 04:52:17 UTC
It works like a giant ear that can hear the low tones of far-off bangs. I suppose it could probably pick up any kind of loud thing.

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