EMP - ElectroMagnetic Pulses. This is the electrical
wave that is the
result
of a nuclear detonation. Vacuum tubes aren't the
only way to "harden" a
curcuit against this. The usual and practical way to protect against this
is
to armor the electronics and all connecting cables. I
worked with the Short
range Attack Missile (SRAM), Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM), Sea
Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM) and Advanced Cruise Missile (ACM) for many
years. I'm all too familiar with using a megohm meter to check resistance
between the body and covers of equipment made to protect against EMP.
Vacuum
tubes are good at a distance.
Anyone seen
Goldeneye? ;-) So that part about the MiG's crashing and that
helicopter not... fake?
I wouldn't
care to run a business with a Russian built computer though...
I'm starting to wonder about Taiwan made as well....
Just as Max can vouch for
the USSR, I can/cannot for Taiwan. They've got
good heads on their shoulders, but they think that it's American not to use
them. That will be their downfall.
Tim D. Hotze