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by ttyprintk 1219 days ago
The continuous monitoring today makes even underground tests attributable to certain counties. We can tell when the North Korean announcement of a nuclear test happened to not coincide with even vanishingly small amounts of radioxenon.

And, forensically, what’s left behind after an explosion tells the design and mix of fissile material, which tells you the level of resources available to the maker.