The bias is clearly noticeable in the article.Just one example.The author is speaking highly of the Su-30MKI and talks about IRKUT (Russia) , France and Israel but he totally turns a blind eye to the very important things that India(DRDO and other govt organisations) has supplied!
"Su-30MKI is fitted with several Indian designed and manufactured avionic items. Several critical items were developed by DRDO under a project code named "Vetrivel" (Spear of Victory Vel in Tamil) in close collaboration with the PSUs and the IAF. These included the mission computer, display processor and radar computer. Other systems supplied by the DRDO and HAL include the INCOM frequency hopping, jam resistant radio set, radar altimeters, IFF units, as well as dial-pointer instrumentation for the cockpit, intended as a backup for the digital Liquid crystal displays.
Some of the components developed by Indian agencies were:
* Mission Computer cum Display Processor-MC-486 and DP-30MK (Defence Avionics Research Establishment DARE): The 32-bit mission computer performs mission-oriented computations, flight management, reconfiguration-cum-redundancy management and in-flight systems self-tests. In compliance with MIL-STD-1521 and 2167A standards, Ada language was adopted for the mission computer's software. * Radar Computer - RC1 and RC2 (DARE) * Tarang Mk2 Radar Warning Receiver High Accuracy Direction Finding Module * IFF-1410A - Identification Friend or Foe * Integrated commu
RE:Bias!
by Varun Shekhar on Jan 16, 2008 11:33 AM Permalink
Those contributions are impressive, and important. DRDO avionics are good. Making a sophisticated aircraft like Su-30 is something only a few countries in the world can do. China can't. Canada can't. South Korea, Thailand, Philiipines etc definitely cannot. Let's appreciate the good work DRDO does, instead of mindlessy complaining and bashing them.
RE:Bias!
by commander hans on Jan 18, 2008 09:06 PM Permalink
so we make one part of machine which has thousands of parts...you want to defend them....ever heard of analyzing in totality....
