A physically cryptographic hoteling observer for nuclear warhead verification

When verifying the authenticity for nuclear warheads dismantlement toward a treaty partner's obligation, nuclear arms verification technologies are critical since only nuclear disarmament treaties are not sufficient to neutralize the existential threat of nuclear weapons. In this work, we prese...

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Published inNuclear technology & radiation protection Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 358 - 363
Main Authors He, Qing-Hua, Li, Tian, He, Xiao-Suo, Lu, Kai-Kai, Wang, Sheng-Kai
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Bosnian
Published Belgrade Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences 01.01.2021
Subjects
Cryptography
Disarmament
Nuclear warheads
Nuclear weapons
Verification
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Summary:When verifying the authenticity for nuclear warheads dismantlement toward a treaty partner's obligation, nuclear arms verification technologies are critical since only nuclear disarmament treaties are not sufficient to neutralize the existential threat of nuclear weapons. In this work, we present a verification method combining a numerical observer model and physical encryption techniques. The performance of the method is quantified by Monte Carlo simulations with several typical deception scenarios. Simulation results show this method can efficiently complete identification tasks in the presence of noise (<5 %) and source-term variability, meanwhile exhibiting high security against brute-force attacks which reconstruct detection data by the exhaustive method.
ISSN:1451-3994
1452-8185
DOI:10.2298/NTRP2104358H