[Milsurplus] BC-348 Finish - Paint question

[Hue Miller]

>Russian US-9 receiver that followed me home from Dubai.
> It has a solid state supply in place of the dynamotor (original) and they
> replaced the 6F7 with a subminiature. This one was made in 1976, and was in
> service until at least 2001. 
 > John  WD5ENU/A45XV 

Built in 1976, used til 2001 ?????
Man, if they had not had megaton missiles, they wouldn't have had any credibility
at all.
Antiquated equipment, a high operational failure rate, and with allies of dubious
loyalty - a conventional war was something the Soviet military obviously planned 
for, but i wonder if they maybe suspected how quickly their forces would collapse,
when operating outside the homeland.

In the last couple years of the Soviet Union, when the rot was really obvious, i once
heard a news commentator describe the Soviet Union as "Upper Volta, with rockets".

Interesting equipment, no doubt, but i just had to comment on how hopeless it was 
to stock a military with such equipment in the age of computing.  That idea probably
dawned on the DPRK also. -Hue Miller