"Many Soviet enterprises work on obsolete equipment," one student said.
It is no consolation to be killed by a bomb made with obsolete equipment.
Other problems include obsolete medical equipment, lack of medicines.
The obsolete equipment had been a small price to pay.
"We're spending heavily to replace old and obsolete equipment," he said.
The average investment to install the system, which for the most part covers replacing obsolete equipment, will be $25,000 a store.
The loss included a $550 million charge for replacing obsolete equipment.
Apparently the physicists had left a good deal of obsolete equipment behind.
This describes parts that are used in obsolete equipment or the like.
Due to the use of obsolete equipment, the experiment failed, and the force was disbanded after three months.