[Milsurplus] SC-901X questions

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

From talking to some of my counterparts over the years — the Russian defense electronics industry
changed a *lot* once they got “feedback” from Afghanistan. Much of what they had been doing really
didn’t hold up as well in the field as it should have. A lot of the changes were pretty minor, but they did
get the upgrades and fixes done. If one is shopping at hamfests for ex-USSR gear, go for the date codes
*after* Afghanistan .

Bob

> On Mar 28, 2018, at 2:42 PM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> Ray, to your comment on the cost of the Cold War: I have a Defense Intelligence manual cataloging USSR military vehicle 
> weapons systems of the late CW era. When you look at all those heavy, hardened, very special purpose vehicles, not 
> convertible to civilian use, you have to wonder about the vast cost to build all those things.  This is not so off-topic as some
> of those vehicles were special radar vehicles. Thinking about that subject now calls to mind my rereading of "Aftermath" 
> yesterday, and also a photo I saw in newspaper also, of 5 or more defunct Russian tanks scattered in some field in 
> Afghanistan. The very remote view of such production might be that it's all a great sacrifice for Mars, god of war. Not 
> entirely a dead waste however, as technology advances also with this work. 
> -Hue 
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