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.