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| Indian CEO of Cirrus Electronics pleads guilty - weapons technology to India |
| 2008-03-16 |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #3 HAL Bangalore |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-03-16 19:05 |
| #2 was destined for HAL in Bangalore "...I'm sorry, Dave, but I don't remember any technology transfers like that." [ Hal/off] Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2008-03-16 16:47 |
| #1 Not exactly weapons technology. This is stuff you can pick up in any Radio Shack. They exported resistors, capacitors and Intel i960 processors. They claimed the recipient was NPOL (the Indian Navy's Oceanography lab), which is not on the "entity list" and is ok to ship stuff to. The actual recipient was VSSC (which is on the entity list and requires a waiver). VSSC is actually not in the missile business. It makes LOX/Kerosene and LOX/LH engines which are are not suitable for ballistic missiles. Not when the Indian DRDO already has large diameter solid fuel engines. The i960s (an obsolete processor) which they could have salvaged from old laser printers was destined for HAL in Bangalore. The FBW computers of the Tejas jet use this processor. Ironically the FBW software was actually tested on an F-16 by Lockeed Martin. The engines of the Tejas are supplied by General Electric. The MMR of the Tejas is being converted to use ADI's Blackfin Sharc processor. 3 generations of this processor have actually been completely designed in Bangalore. Indian critics of the US-India nuclear deal have also seized upon this case. They are asking why the Indian PM Singh wants to buy F-18 fighters from the US when even obsolete processors are under sanctions. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-03-16 13:29 |