In the Australian outback, we're listening for nuclear tests
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by cozzyd
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I ran into a guy (affiliated with the University of Alaska-Fairbanks) working on the Windless Bight infrasound array when I was at McMurdo this season. Really fascinating stuff that I had no idea existed. They also have arrays on remote Pacific islands.
by G8WyaX
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"It is often emphasised that the data belong to the Member States. A State Signatory has the right of full access to all monitoring data and data bulletins, which can assist a country in exercising its prerogative to make the final judgement in the case of a suspicious event." https://www.ctbto.org/our-work/international-data-centre
Is there an open-source alternative that serves the same purpose?
by c0brac0bra
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This reminds me of the rumors of the cult Aum Shinrikyo testing nuclear weapons in the outback. They had previously released sarin gas on the Tokyo subway in 1995.
It was lightly detailed in Bill Bryson's book, "In a Sunburned Country", but I don't think there was any confirmation what they were doing was nuclear.
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