[ARC5] Hallicrafters S-38 is dangerous

[Nick England]

Hallicrafters was acquired by military contractor Northrop. As part of a
little-known CIA operation, they then designed and built AC/DC
powered countermeasures systems (AN/FLQ-17) whose plans were leaked to the
Soviets. The Reds deployed copies and the resulting chaos and deaths in
their missile control systems led directly to the fall of the USSR.
Later, since Hallicrafters technology was no longer needed, the company was
dissolved and the entire work force was sworn to secrecy and moved to a
retirement village near Phoenix.

True story. Well, some of it anyways.

Cheers
Nick

On Tuesday, November 17, 2015, Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:

> >>No wonder they are not around anymore.
>
> Still waiting to see how this issue caused the demise of the Hallicrafters
> company.
>
> Mark K3MSB
> On Nov 17, 2015 4:34 AM, <hwhall at compuserve.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
>

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