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They lacked the capacity to build transistors due to communism and scarcity for certain resources/skills. They relied on electronics from overseas. Since they h
by wil421 5y ago
They lacked the capacity to build transistors due to communism and scarcity for certain resources/skills. They relied on electronics from overseas. Since they had tons of vacuum tubes already they could build jets. It was a welcomed side effect it was emp resistant.
- daniel-cussen 5y agoAmerica relied on electronics overseas too. They kept strong-arming vacuum tubes from Czeckoslovakia during the Cold War, they couldn't make them anymore. It's one World.