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Computerized Telemetry for a Nuclear Test Device

Scott Manley · Explainer · YouTube title: The Computer Designed To Die In Microseconds
Why it's here

HN mentions it only in passing, as a reference for instrumented dummy warheads and implosion-test data in nuclear-testing threads.

What it covers

Scott Manley tells the story of a computerized telemetry system built to sit at the heart of a nuclear test device in place of the plutonium pit, designed to transmit data in the microseconds before it was destroyed.