would it be logical to think nuclear football is powered in a similar fashion to PALs?
Somehow I missed the fact that Permissive Action Links (the "locks" for US nuclear weapons) are powered by tiny radioactive batteries.pic.twitter.com/grqwLFNY5r
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I doubt it? I suspect it needs more juice than a little RTG can provide.
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What in the world is a yttrium getter?
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It's a term derived from vacuum tube based electronics: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getter
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Does this explain why PALs cannot be given to countries such as Pakistan? Supposedly PALs reveal something about our designs
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Familiar from spacecraft! Though different shape from General Purpose Heat Source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPHS-RTG
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EG&G services to Uncle Sam never end! From the camo dudes around Area 51 to nuclear batteries.
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