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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Radioactive stuff on a MiG
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Date: 16 Oct 89 01:38:10 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: nsc!taux01.nsc.com!taux01.UUCP!amos@decwrl.dec.com (Amos Shapir)
>... Among the inscriptions on it, I noticed
>the three-winged icon of a radioactivity warning.  Does anybody know
>what radioactive materials may be carried aboard a MiG23...

The trefoil symbol tends to get used for any radiation hazard, including
high-powered radars.  If you look at a head-on photo of an A-6 Intruder,
for example, you'll see a trefoil on its nose.  (At least, some of them
are/were marked this way.)  I doubt that there are any significant
radioactive materials aboard a MiG-23.

                                     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
                                 uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu