From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!fluke!amyh
Newsgroups: net.space
Title: Re: Russians in Radio Shack
Article-I.D.: fluke.108
Posted: Wed Jun 30 14:05:10 1982
Received: Fri Jul  2 01:56:03 1982
References: ihuxn.162

For those unfamiliar with the problems of producing radiation-hard (radiation
resistant) electronics, the Russian plane dismantled by the US was not so
"backward" just because it contained lots of vacuum tubes.  Vacuum tubes are
harder (radiation-wise) than the ic's used in US planes.