On 09/06/2014 23:56, fred wrote:
In article , tony sayer
writes
In article , fred scribeth thus
In article , tony sayer
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And valves were much better at standing up to the electromagnetic pulse
released by a nuclear explosion...

Thats why the soviets used then in their aircraft!..

I think that's mainly a puff of chaff, aircraft don't need to be
particularly rad hard as they get blown over and wiped by blast long
before the electronics pop.

Pretty much the same applies in flight.

Suggest you read a bit more about the subject;!...


The hardening specs for aircraft electronics really are far less
demanding than those for other battlefield electronics and it is due to
their relative fragility and likelihood of physical survivability.

The course I was on was quite comprehensive :-)


Being comprehensive doesn't mean correct.