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0 pointsquicklime7y ago0 comments

Looks like it, except that the rocket itself isn't taking measurements, it's just there to create a smoke trail which can be analyzed later?

http://www.atomcentral.com/atomic-smoke-trails.aspx http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/SmokeTrails.html

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robin_reala7y ago

Yes, exactly. Immediately before detonation you send up rockets in a grid pattern, then film it with high speed cameras. You can then look at the grid deformation over time to get an idea of the shape of blast wave.

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0 pointsquicklime7y ago0 comments

Looks like it, except that the rocket itself isn't taking measurements, it's just there to create a smoke trail which can be analyzed later?

http://www.atomcentral.com/atomic-smoke-trails.aspx http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/SmokeTrails.html

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robin_reala7y ago

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