I had all the streams ready yday of 2 sites, but right at the time of the Yell Cee Yea, my boss came and stood behind me chatting with a PYT in the next cube about some goddarned lunch plans for next week
. by the time he left and I restarted the stream both sites told me that the stream was not available, both danged sites used the same danged stream....
, they finally came back on air, some thoughts, overall a great show.
1. The SU-30 technical problem cited I felt was deliberate, it came across to me as part of the act. It was immediately announced that the mirages would come in next. I was wondering if they were enacting a probable scenario when in a strike package if a particular aircraft develops a technical snag another multi role backup aircraft would take over (in this case the mirage). Now I am not aware if the mirages took out the same target as the sukhois but just wondering if it was all part of the act.
2. No rigged-to-blow targets this time around. I remember seeing some videos in youtube where the targets would blow up even though they dint appear to be hit by munition and many commented that they were rigged to blow.
3. Some pretty obvious misses made even made more embarrasing by the commentary by some motarhama. One such one was the akash ganga skydivers team, the first dude landed pretty badly on his bum in a very akward position and the commentary motarhama said "As you can see he has landed very well" or something to that effect.
4. I think it was a mig-27 which missed a land target in a big lit up circle and the commentary motorhama said "as you can see the target is completely obliterated" in Hindi. Ugh!
5. The orchestra picked to play the "Star wars" theme. Duh!! I mean, you have the whole world tuned in to see you and you play an american movie theme?
6. Great job by the IAF in using Terminator music
, I mean of all the music available here . Just wondering here if they will run into any copyright trouble here. For the part on the longewala battle they dint use a single clip from the "Border" movie, what gives. Celine Dion music in a live fire exercising was pretty bad.
7. The jets would come racing in and pound a target and the cameraman would immediately focus on a target group whose average age would be some 75+, pretty dampener that, total lack of any awe or reaction in them, remember to pump in adrenaline and steroids into the president in the next iron fist.
8. I am surprised they had so many unguided rocket attacks given that the audience was 2-3 kms from the targets. Out of control rockets are a pretty big danger.
I am pretty impressed with what DD has done here given their reputation for outdated technology, they are also improving. Now just itching to see the whole thing in complete leisure to enjoy each and every aircraft.
