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Old 10-04-2010, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by finnbow View Post
I didn't watch the whole clip and I don't know whether this comment is relevant, but vacuum tube technology is supposedly far less susceptible to EMP than solid state equipment.
100% correct...that's why Soviet tube factories were still in full production long after the U.S. facilities shut down. Even the MIG-25 had tube radar & comms.
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