Detecting Nuclear Detonations Kurt Feltenberger (06 Apr 2016 21:47 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Bruce Johnson (06 Apr 2016 22:29 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Postmark (06 Apr 2016 22:31 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Craig Berry (06 Apr 2016 22:37 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Bruce Johnson (06 Apr 2016 22:50 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Craig Berry (06 Apr 2016 22:56 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Kelly St. Clair (07 Apr 2016 00:30 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Kurt Feltenberger (07 Apr 2016 01:09 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Grimmund (07 Apr 2016 12:59 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Bruce Johnson (06 Apr 2016 22:43 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Tim (07 Apr 2016 02:50 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Michael McKinney (07 Apr 2016 13:02 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Orffen (07 Apr 2016 21:31 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Craig Berry (07 Apr 2016 21:37 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Andrew Long (07 Apr 2016 21:45 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Craig Berry (07 Apr 2016 21:53 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Michael McKinney (08 Apr 2016 04:26 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations shadow@xxxxxx (08 Apr 2016 00:18 UTC)
Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Richard Aiken (09 Apr 2016 02:47 UTC)

Re: [TML] Detecting Nuclear Detonations Bruce Johnson 06 Apr 2016 22:50 UTC

> On Apr 6, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Craig Berry <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> A nuclear war is going to produce a spectrum very different from your general run of habitable star systems -- heavy on x-rays, for example.

nuclear weapons DO produce a lot of X-rays, IIRC, most if not all of them are absorbed by the atmosphere as it is turned into plasma and converted into heat.

In orbit you’ll see a ton of X-ray emissions, I’d think, but atmospheric explosions might not.

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