Researchers devise new method to monitor nuclear stockpiles: Store them in a house of mirrors
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https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/31/nuclear_monitoring_mirrors_radios/
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https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/31/nuclear_monitoring_mirrors_radios/
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Researchers say they have developed a method to remotely track the movement of objects in a room using mirrors and radio waves, in the hope it could one day help monitor nuclear weapons stockpiles.
A new technique devised by a team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP) aims to remotely monitor the removal of warheads stored in military bunkers.
“Seventy percent of the world’s nuclear weapons are kept in storage for military reserve or awaiting dismantlement,” Sebastien Philippe, co-author of a research paper published in Nature Communications.
They could later ask the government controlling the nuclear stockpile to measure the radio wave signal recorded by its detector antenna and compare it to the initial result to check whether any warheads have been moved.
“Beyond nuclear arms control verification, our inspection system could find application in the financial, information technology, energy, and art sectors,” they concluded in their paper.
“The ability to remotely and securely monitor activities and assets is likely to become more important in a world that is increasingly networked and where physical travel and on-site access may be unnecessary or even discouraged.”
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