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    What was the name of a system developed by the United States to monitor compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty?

    Question #71122. Asked by skysmom65. (Oct 01 06 9:40 PM)


    Brainyblonde

    		Vela was the name of a group of satellites developed as the Vela Hotel element of Project Vela by the United States to monitor compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty by the Soviet Union, and other nuclear-capable states. It means vigil or "watch" in Spanish.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Nuclear_Detonation_Detection_System

    Oct 01 06, 10:12 PM

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