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FLASH DETECTOR [1 record]

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Record 1 1992-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
DEF

Acoustic sensors are used to measure the sound waves created by the blast, aircraft and rockets to collect possibly radioactive debris samples, flash detectors to detect the light flash as well as the radio pulse generated by the explosion, and a number of radio-detection techniques to measure the considerable disturbance of the ionosphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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