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Re: Navy retubing

The US Navy did not specify long-life tubes at this point in time because they retubed completely after every tour of duty. After the war the new Air Force began requesting shock-proof long-life tubes, and the Navy followed suit, initially for use in submarines. All branches of the service got into the act shortly afterwards, but eventually the use of solid state devices made this irrelevant. Can't remember where I read this, but that's the gist of the story. If you want some interesting reading, get your hands on some of the specs for the myriad of tubes the military is currently using. Sorry, haven't kept any links.


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  • Re: Navy retubing - MrTanner 04:30:16 01/11/04 (0)


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