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The bhangmeter is a non-imaging radiometer developed at Los Alamos in 1948 to detect and measure atmospheric nuclear detonations by analyzing the characteristic double-flash signature of visible light emitted during nuclear explosions. The device became standard equipment on US reconnaissance satellites and KC-135 aircraft, later incorporated into GPS satellites since 1980 for nuclear treaty verification.

Bhangmeter Los Alamos National Laboratory Hermann Hoerlin EG&G Frederick Reines Operation Sandstone Operation Buster-Jangle Operation Tumbler-Snapper Partial Test Ban Treaty Vela satellites Tsar Bomba Vela incident GPS
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