A 9U CubeSat detector can identify a thermonuclear weapon on a satellite from 4 km away by observing spallation neutrons induced by GeV protons in roughly one week.
Nuclear Instruments and Meth- ods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment777, 131–137 (2015)
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A 9U CubeSat detector can identify a thermonuclear weapon on a satellite from 4 km away by observing spallation neutrons induced by GeV protons in roughly one week.