[Milsurplus] Re: Russian B-29 HF Radios

[David Stinson]

Kargokult@aol.com wrote:
> Even with their best & brightest efforts to keep
> up by continuously stealing new technology, one could see that
> gradually they had to fall more behind...

In fairness to the Russians- We worked with some of them 
on the Joint Testing project in Nevada.  They are very, very
sharp people.  They are also very practical people.  I think the
copying of Western technology was more a matter of expedience then
a lack of imagination.  Their problems with some forms of technology
was due to their untenable political system- not a lack of intellect.
73 Dave S.