Princeton's small commuter line, "the Dinky," helped improve arms control monitoring. Photo courtesy of Glaser et al. Oct. 28, 2020 "A team led by Alexander Glaser, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and international affairs, recently hit upon an innovative way to help inspectors count mobile nuclear missile launchers to allow more effective monitoring for movable weapons. The researchers worked with NJ Transit to use the local commuter train as a tool for the team’s calculations. The train, known to generations of Princeton students as the Dinky, connects Princeton with NJ Transit’s Northeast Corridor trains at Princeton Junction station." Read the entire article here and read the academic paper, "Verifying Deep Reductions in the Nuclear Arsenals" in IEEE Sensors Journal here.
