The French shipbuilder DCNS, which is to build the next generation of Australian submarines, has suffered a massive leak of data on submarines designed for India. The flight, which was revealed by the newspaper Wednesday Australian concerns over 22,000 pages that explain the secret combat capabilities of six submarines DCNS has designed for the Indian Navy.
The leak occurred in France in 2011, the newspaper said.
The documents relate to the Scorpene submarine, a conventionally powered submarine and do not contain information on the design under construction for the Australian fleet. The French military authorities will open an investigation to determine the exact nature of the documents that have been leaked, a statement of DCNS.
Australia announced in late April start exclusive talks with DCNS for the construction and maintenance in Australia for 12 submarines, totaling 50 billion dollars (34 billion euros).
the importance of information revealed create a strategic problem for India, Malaysia and Chile, all using the same three sub, says an Australian political source who knows the arms industry.
The extracts published on the website of The Australian represent particularly sensitive information about the Scorpene submarine, such as technical manuals or antenna patterns of the submarine.
“If it is 22,400 pages, comments the specialist interviewed, it’s huge.” This will understand everything about the submarine: the speed at which it can go, the sound it makes, speed in which the mast can be raised …. all this is simply catastrophic. “
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has sought to appease the spirits, praising the high safety standards in Australia, where the Australian submarine will be built.
“This reminds us clearly that, particularly in this digital world, cyber security is critically important,” he said on the Seven TV television channel.
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