[Milsurplus] SC-901X questions

[Ray Fantini]

And how much did we spend in supporting things like operation Chrome Dome, building and operating facilities like Thule and developing supersonic fighters like the F-105 Thunder chief that may have been ideal for intercepting the Bear but was not all that good as a bomber in Vietnam, Still may have the best derogatory name for an aircraft, The Thud.
Command, control and communications of the cold war achieved a high level of proficiency and as said before I stand in awe of the generation before me who accomplished this.

Ray F/KA3EKH


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From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hubert Miller
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 2:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] SC-901X questions

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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