[Milsurplus] Re: Russian B-29 HF Radios
Bob Wilder
[email protected]
Mon, 06 May 2002 08:27:18 -0500
Thanks Dave for the comments...At least they were
smart
enough to retain their tube type radios and
control systems
on aircraft instead of going all solid state which
would fail
in event of of nuclear detination. All the
Russian technicians
I every ran into were real sharp guys.
Bob, AF2HD
David Stinson wrote:
>
> [email protected] 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.
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