The leakage of 22,400 pages of classified documents on India’s
six Scorpene submarines set alarm bells ringing in the Indian Navy and
the defence ministry on Wednesday Aug 24,2016
For, the pages contain sensitive information on the operation of these submarines – the first of which is almost ready for deployment.
The documents, made public by The Australian newspaper, which blackened out some of the data, gave away technical specifications on many combat capabilities of the submarines, which are being constructed at the Mazagon Dock in Mumbai in collaboration with the French company DCNS.
The details included information like at what frequencies the submarines gather intelligence, what levels of noise they make at various speeds as well as the diving depths, range and endurance of these boats.
The cache includes 4,457 pages on the submarine’s underwater sensors, 4,209 pages on its above-water sensors, 4,301 pages on its combat management system, 493 pages on its torpedo launch system, 6,841 pages on the submarine’s communications system and 2,138 pages on its navigation systems, according to the report. The documents also contain data on where inside the submarine the crew can speak safely to avoid detection by the enemy. Moreover, it discloses magnetic, electromagnetic and infra-red data as well as the specifications of the submarine’s torpedo launch system and combat system.
Marked ‘Restricted Scorpene India’, these pages could turn out to be an intelligence bonanza for India’s strategic rivals like Pakistan and China.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who said he got to know about the leak on Tuesday midnight Aug 22,2016, asked Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba to look into the issue and submit a report.
For, the pages contain sensitive information on the operation of these submarines – the first of which is almost ready for deployment.
The documents, made public by The Australian newspaper, which blackened out some of the data, gave away technical specifications on many combat capabilities of the submarines, which are being constructed at the Mazagon Dock in Mumbai in collaboration with the French company DCNS.
The details included information like at what frequencies the submarines gather intelligence, what levels of noise they make at various speeds as well as the diving depths, range and endurance of these boats.
The cache includes 4,457 pages on the submarine’s underwater sensors, 4,209 pages on its above-water sensors, 4,301 pages on its combat management system, 493 pages on its torpedo launch system, 6,841 pages on the submarine’s communications system and 2,138 pages on its navigation systems, according to the report. The documents also contain data on where inside the submarine the crew can speak safely to avoid detection by the enemy. Moreover, it discloses magnetic, electromagnetic and infra-red data as well as the specifications of the submarine’s torpedo launch system and combat system.
Marked ‘Restricted Scorpene India’, these pages could turn out to be an intelligence bonanza for India’s strategic rivals like Pakistan and China.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who said he got to know about the leak on Tuesday midnight Aug 22,2016, asked Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba to look into the issue and submit a report.
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