First reported by MIT
MIT researcher proposes a way to detect nuclear weapons in space
Scientists working to uncover space-based nuclear weapons
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In a perfect world, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty would be honoured by every nuclear-armed nation in the world, allowing everyone to breath easy about the fact that, of all the ways we humans have sorted out how to kill one another, at least we can rule out atomic fire from beyond our planet’s atmosphere (yeah, ballistic missiles get high up there, but wo…
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