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   >>high-temperature reactor cores.â€? (Flying Chernobyl moniker origin).   
   >>   
   >>“The most immediate hypothesis invokes a liquid-metal-cooled   
   >>architecture. It is worth noting that liquid-metal cooling is not an   
   >>experimental novelty in the Russian–Soviet tradition: earlier Soviet   
   >>work explored liquid-metal reactors for submarine propulsion (for   
   >>example, programs associated with the Project 705 (705K) series), and   
   >>those historical efforts provide a plausible technical lineage for   
   >>current compact-reactor thinking. â€? (No discussion in the article about   
   >>quick start characteristics.)   
   >>   
   >>“Neutron and gamma emissions, activation of surrounding structures, and,   
   >>for open-cycle designs, isotopic particulates entrained in exhaust flows   
   >>create unique observables that can be sensed by suitably equipped   
   >>spaceborne, airborne, or maritime sensors. Passive radiological   
   >>monitoring, combined with multispectral thermal and radio-frequency   
   >>surveillance, can therefore be leveraged by defenders as an additional   
   >>cueing channel.â€?   
   >>   
   >>Posted by: frithguild | Oct 30 2025 18:51 utc | 6   
   >   
   >Yes, you could likely monitor some radiation trace from maybe satellites.   
   >Time is your enemy when reacting.   
   >Even if you knew precisely where the thing was at any given time,   
   >your will have to move your 'supersonic?' defence there.   
   >It operates at low altitude and likely does not follow a straight path   
   (evading earth objects like mountains and maybe even high buildings)   
   >and hitting a live nuclear reactor above your own territory would contaminate   
   your own place.   
   >   
   >It is an expensive weapon.   
   >A local agent with some drones can do more harm for a fraction of the money   
   in my view.   
   >OTOH some infrastructure may be worth using that weapon for, not so much   
   Mar-a-Lago golfclub, US warhouse, Pentagon   
   >and that mountain under which all those big guys shelter,   
   >But Marine yards, Industrial complexes, Aircraft carriers,   
   >   
   >I did read that long ago NASA had designed a nuclear powered rocket, but   
   nuke-fear cancelled the project?   
   > https://www.nasa.gov/space-technology-mission-directorate/tdm/   
   pace-nuclear-propulsion/   
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   of our enemies devices. - Pericles   
      
   Sarah Paine on Russia and China   
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