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APPENDIX G U.S. Satellite Nuclear Detonation Detection Capability: Options and Impacts
Pages 183-184

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... Similarly, exactly what nuclear detonation detection capability, if any, will be carried on future GPS Block III satellites remains uncertain. At the time of this writing, the Air Force has reportedly committed through a written memorandum of agreement with DOE/NNSA to carry enhanced NDS payloads on GPS Block II F and Block III satellites.
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