From: utzoo!decvax!cca!Jim@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.space Title: USSR IC production Article-I.D.: sri-unix.1924 Posted: Sun Jun 27 14:25:40 1982 Received: Tue Jun 29 04:33:56 1982 You are probably correct in saying that such copying of US ICs is an expensive process. However, it should also be a buggy one - ie you are working with a copying technique (using photos as a guide) that would seem to decrease yeild sharply. This is important in military applications, since reliability is an extremely important goal. Jim -------