>Tom,
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>>Yah know, we might just have to go back to archaic technology to defend ourselves like, SAGE, Pine Tree, and BMEWS.
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>Beyond you or me, where are you going to find anyone that knows what a vacuum tube is, or how to fix anything made of them ? ;-)

I was cleaning up long unopened boxes a coupla years ago and came across my stash of tubes for my old Magnavox TV set. I looked at a few of them nostalgically for a few minutes and admired the workmanship. Then they were tossed.