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by rl3 1220 days ago
>How would they know who launched it quickly if it was detected so late?

In order:

Signals intelligence proximate to the plan's inception that'd likely thwart things before the situation escalated

Monitoring of the incoming track and its electromagnetic emissions

Observation of the blast from a variety of sensor platforms

A WC-135 flying near the atmospheric blast area to determine isotope composition