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Wow, I think I know this one. I was on that barge or one identical to it back when I was a kid. I still remember seeing the telemetry for one of those three antennas drop out when the bomb severed the cable as it punched through the deck. There wasn't any explosives as the test was just to measure the accuracy of the bomb. Fun fact, the GPS receivers and the telemetry were all contained in a pelican case on the far side of the barge right behind where the bomb is in the image in a black wooden cabinet with a board screwed in place to keep it from falling out while towing the barge into position. When the pelican case was being loaded onto the barge was the moment it was discovered that the power switch to turn it on was on the inside of the pelican case so at the start of the test someone had to unscrew the cabinet and pull it out to open it up and turn it on.