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echo: firearms
to: EARNEST PADGETTE
from: RICH WILLBANKS
date: 1998-03-31 20:01:00
subject: Rifles...

RW>PG> regardless.  So  what if the MiG-25 had steel in the
RW>PG> airframe and tubes in the electronics?   It did the job.
RW>I don't think it was designed with this in mind but
RW>tubes tend to survive power surges better then
RW>transistors.  Like the EMPs from the detonation of a
RW>nuclear weapon.
EP>         The electronics are shielded to protect them, I
EP> believe.         Ernie P.
Only to a point.  Sort of like the surge protector on
your computer.  It will stop power surges and spikes
but if lighting hits your transformer your computer is
going to fry.
                      Remember:  Freedom isn't Free!
--- timEd-B11
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