[melq]

Military contractors don't run down to radioshack when they're low on transistors.

[CobaltFire]

In my previous life as an F/A-18 avionics technician I ordered from Mouser and Newark more than a few times when supply didn’t have the parts.

[p_l]

Sometimes they ransack ebay for specific complex chips though...

[aaaaaaaaata]

They would if Radio Shack carried such stuff anymore