A bhangmeter is a non-imaging radiometer installed on reconnaissance and navigation satellites to detect atmospheric nuclear detonations and determine...
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X-rays, and neutrons, the satellite also contained two silicon solid-state bhangmeter sensors that could detect the dual light flashes associated with an atmospheric...
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lists the yield as 855 kilotonnes of TNT (3,580 TJ) ±20% measured from a Bhangmeter and 930 kilotonnes of TNT (3,900 TJ) ±10% from fireball analysis. Other...
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blast, coming close enough to have its antiradiation paint scorched. The bhangmeter results and other data suggested the bomb yielded around 58 Mt (243 PJ)...
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with little to no regulation at low prices. Cannabis portal Drink portal Bhangmeter Cannabis in India Charas Desi daru List of Indian beverages Majoun Siemieniotka...
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law calculations based on blast size, infrasound, fireball brightness (Bhangmeter), seismographic data (CTBTO), and the strength of the shock wave. Enrico...
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gauge Pressure sensor Pressure gauge Tactile sensor Time pressure gauge Bhangmeter Hydrometer Force gauge and Force Sensor Level sensor Load cell Magnetic...
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Internet Archive. Chapter on Bangue. Ogle, William E. (October 1985). "Bhangmeter — Prologue" (PDF). An account of the return to Nuclear Weapons testing...
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nuclear detonation detectors consisting of an optical sensor called a bhangmeter, an X-ray sensor, a dosimeter, and an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) sensor...
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Oscar-II-class submarine Orel, which subsequently had to be tugged back. Bhangmeter Related development Boeing C-135 Stratolifter Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker...
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as the Bomb Alarm Display System) was a US and UK network of optical bhangmeter sensors intended to confirm the detonation of an enemy nuclear weapon...
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British Army of the Rhine SPRITE infrared detector Pilkington Optronics Bhangmeter Fulda Gap T-64 T-72 Group of Soviet Forces in Germany Nine dedicated prototypes...
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additionally equipped with two non-imaging silicon photodiode sensors called bhangmeters which monitored light levels over sub-millisecond intervals. They could...
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which could detect nuclear air bursts using instruments actually called bhangmeters. It had the first dual-spin attitude control system with the total system...
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a large conventional explosion, with radiometer instruments known as Bhangmeters capable of determining the nature of explosions. For air bursts at or...
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explosions. One of these is a characteristic "dual flash" measured by a bhangmeter. This went into routine use on the advanced Vela nuclear detection satellites...
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Advanced VELA satellites added electro-optical MASINT devices called bhangmeters, which could detect nuclear tests on earth by detecting a characteristic...
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series came equipped with two non-imaging photodiode sensors called bhangmeters. These measured light levels over sub-millisecond intervals, and could...
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and gamma-ray detectors. Advanced VELA satellites added devices called bhangmeters, which could detect nuclear tests on earth by detecting a characteristic...
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was released together with Vela 5B, OV5 5, OV5 6 and OV5 9. 2 optical bhangmeters observing the planet 12 external X-ray detectors 18 internal neutron...
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OV5 1 and OV5 3. The ship remains in orbit around Earth. 2 optical bhangmeters observing Earth 12 external X-ray detectors 18 internal neutron and gamma-ray...
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was released together with Vela 4A, ERS 18, OV5 1 and OV5 3. 2 optical bhangmeters observing Earth 12 external X-ray detectors 18 internal neutron and gamma-ray...
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