The government and the Indian Navy have maintained the leaked data will not compromise the boat’s stealth capabilities.
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Additionally, on Sunday, DCNS likewise asked The Supreme Court of India to place boycott against “The Australian” from further publishing any the spilled data or archives about the “Scorpene submarine venture” of India. The company is also seeking a court order to force The Australian to hand over the documents and remove them from its website. The Government, as a matter of abundant precaution, is also examining the impact if the information contained in the documents claimed to be available with the Australian sources is compromised, it said.
DCNS lawyer Justine Munsie in affidavit said that publication of this highly valuable document has been causing a direct harm to DCNS and its customer in terms of spread of sensitive and restricted information, image and reputation.
The classified documents revealed the operational characteristics of a submarine at the frontline of Indian Navy operations.
The Australian newspaper put out certain documents reported to be part of a 22,400-page tome pertaining to the Indian Scorpene submarine now being built in collaboration with DCNS. The company also won a contract to design Australia’s new $50 billion submarine fleet.
But according to the announcements of Mr. Lanba given on Monday, there is a major stress to this break as it can make mischief to the essential security convention of India and said that leak of the Scorpene information had contemplated genuinely. However, Admiral Sunil Lanba on Monday told news agency ANI that the Navy has viewed the leak of the Scorpene data very seriously. “It is never good for an opponent to have your playbook”, he said.
He said “aggressive action” is needed to investigate the leak and France should share the outcome with Australia.
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“We filed a complaint against unknown persons for breach of trust with the Paris prosecutor on Thursday afternoon”, the DCNS spokesman said.
