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by tibbydudeza 1669 days ago
The Mig-25 Foxbat also used alcohol for cooling - those PVO (Soviet Air Defence) units stationed in the cold could keep themselves warm.
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DocTomoe 1669 days ago
Oh, they didn't drink it (not the vast majority of it, at least). Alcohol was a de-facto currency.
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p_l 1668 days ago
Many airplane radar systems used alcohol in evaporative cooling system, "dipping into stores" was apparently a common problem.
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