There's an interesting story related to the topic from the late '80ies, just prior to the Unification of the Two Germanies.
A Warsaw Pact pilot (I think he was East German) defected to West by
flying his MiG-29 (which happened to be the ELINT-version of the said plane) in to West Germany. Now, this provided the NATO with an opportunity, but also was certain to cause trouble. The pilot they could keep without any major consequences, but the plane was a wholly different case. Realizing they would have to return the plane to the Pact shortly,the NATO intelligence dismantled and then rebuilt the plane in two days, returning it to the Pact before the deadline.
What they discovered, much to their surprise was that while the Western planes used the standard circuit boards, the said plane had vacuum tubes in their stead, which made it impervious to EMP...
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"Listen to me, nugget, and listen good. Don't go poppin' your head out like that, unless you want it shot off. And if you do get it shot off, make sure you're dead, because if you ain't, guess who's gotta drag your sorry ass off the field? Were short on everything, so the only painkiller I have comes in 9mm doses. Now get the hell out of my foxhole!" - an unknown medic somewhere, 2013.
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