New Delhi: A second set of stolen documents pertaining to the operating instructions of the underwater warfare system of the six Scorpene submarines which are being built in India by French firm DCNS were uploaded by 'The Australian' newspaper on their website on Thursday.
Like in the previous case, the newspaper has blacked out all the details which it felt would compromise India's security interests.
'The Australian' uploads docs on Indian Navy Scorpene Submarine on website, detailing its underwater warfare system. pic.twitter.com/i8xmz4kV7b— ANI (@ANI_news) August 25, 2016
However, the new set of documents, with Indian Navy insignia on it and marked "Restricted Scorpene India", gives details about the sonar system of the submarines which is used to gather intelligence underwater.
The documents also detail the "Operating Instruction Manual", which talks about how to select a target for weapon firing, weapon configuration selection, among others.
Though the Navy has not yet officially reacted to the release of the new documents, sources maintained that it does not compromise national security.
They said the same information about a submarine was on "many naval defence websites" and allayed fears that it could compromise the security of the strategically important combat vessels.
"On the face of it, these documents are basic operating manual. You buy any goods from the market, it will come with an operating manual," defence analyst Commodore Uday Bhaskar (Retd), Director of Society of Policy Studies told PTI.
If the question is if tonight's revelation has made our submarines vulnerable, "then the answer is no", he said.
"It is more like basic operating instructions for the user," he said.
A disk containing the data filed was then posted in regular mail to a company in Australia. DCNS is focusing its investigation on former employees and sub-contractors involved in the project.
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