As Kingston over at Nukes of Hazard notes, the folks at the Kansas City Plant presented Secretary of Energy Steven Chu with a little plaque showing “1960s-era vacuum tubes from the B61 radars” and “RF-IC based multi-chip module for the next generation radar applications.”
Vacuum tubes, and their misuse as an RRW talking point, have been recurring subjects here at Arms Control Wonk.com.
I know what you’re thinking: Forget the nerd, I want a close up of that plaque with the tubes and chips.
Here you go, from the NNSA Flickr set:
