What was allegedly sold to
• VSSC: Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) computer chips manufactured by a Phoneix-based company “designed to withstand extreme changes in temperature and had applications in missile guided systems.”
• BDL: Capacitors, semi-conductors, rectifiers and resistors — items that are a must in a complicated electric circuit of kind needed for “missile guidance and firing systems”.
• ADE: i960 Intel Microprocessor from Massachusetts that the FBI claims has “applications in the navigation and weapons guidance systems of the Tejas Light Combat aircraft.”
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• Cirrus officials Parathasarathy Sudarshan, Mythili Gopal, AKN Prasad and Sampath Sundar.
• Two Indian government officials — names concealed — put down as “co-conspirators”. One was with Indian Embassy in US, another with ADE
How serious is the case
• Diplomatic challenge for both India and US as reputed Indian government entities have been named as beneficiaries and govt officials identified as conspirators.
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