Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!att!cbnews!military From: baldwin@cad.usna.mil (J.D. Baldwin) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Radioactive stuff on a MiG Message-ID: <10273@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 16 Oct 89 01:38:13 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Lines: 22 Approved: military@att.att.com From: "J.D. Baldwin" In article <10183@cbnews.ATT.COM> Amos Shapir writes: >Last night there was an extensive coverage of the Syrian MiG23 that >landed here yesterday. 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, and what >they are used for? U.S. (at least Navy) aircraft have this symbol also, fairly often. Over here, it means "watch out for intense electromagnetic radiation from this aircraft (not necessarily just from the spot marked)." The USSR has been getting pretty good about marking its military aircraft with safety symbols lately, and I presume this is a result of that policy. Probably means the same thing. -- >From the catapult of: |+| "If anyone disagrees with anything I _, J. D. Baldwin, Comp Sci Dept |+| say, I am quite prepared not only to __||____..}-> US Naval Academy |+| retract it, but also to deny under \ / baldwin@cad.usna.navy.mil |+| oath that I ever said it." --T. Lehrer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~