tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post4454014110347705247..comments2024-03-29T05:44:18.835-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Navy downplays Scorpene leak, MoD asks Paris for detailsBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-77171826018454768372016-08-26T08:07:07.066-07:002016-08-26T08:07:07.066-07:00Frankly, IN and MoD are trying to search for a fig...Frankly, IN and MoD are trying to search for a fig leaf. <br /><br />Saying that critical information was redacted is useless. Who lay their eyes on the document before it was redacted? Who applied the black ink and when? The document ping ponged between multiple parties before it reached the press in Australia. Assuming that the redaction was done by the press, then the fully exposed document was changing hands - How many people saw it / copied it/ stored it / uploaded it on torrent/ analysed it / printed it and then used it for their chana masala cone? How many of those chaps have now approached ISI? <br /><br />As for others that say that the information is commercially available and still more critical information like acoustic signatures and weapons information is safe - Who are they kidding? It is like saying "yes, 90% of the information is lost, but we still have 10%". Please tell me, just how much "commercial" information about INS Arihant would you be comfortable placing in the public domain?<br /><br />The bottom line is that our depleted sub arm just got torpedoed. We have to assume 24000 pages have reduced the sub's capability by 30 to 40%. The future captain will have to work extra hard to ensure he can outfox the PLAN and PN, and work with the assumption PN/PLAN know much more about his boat than he does about theirs. - why hobble him with extra burden?<br /><br />The only information in the public domain should be "This is submarine , it displaces tons, carries sailors and officers, and it is a happy boat"<br /><br /><br />The French should be asked to redesign all boats that are to be built, and effectively negate all the leaked info. The boat undergoing sea trials must be heavily modified during it first mid-life upgrade. We should ask if we can cancel the unbuild boats or completely replace them with designs that are no compromised. Australian Barracuda?<br /><br />And - oh - anyone know the radar signature of the Rafale fighter when it is operating in combat mode? - just asking, incase it gets printed by the Dawn newspaper in Karachi. <br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00282745555532924788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-71863177489996050162016-08-26T04:05:20.443-07:002016-08-26T04:05:20.443-07:00The French are no longer in the race for P75I with...The French are no longer in the race for P75I with this (or maybe even without it)<br />The interesting thing about the leak is we the public know,it , not just our potential adversaries.<br />But can someone clarify some things :<br /><br />Look at Kilo, how much do,you think it is secret since China has it.<br />Then we want to buy S400, after China bought it. Ok ?<br />Type 209 submarine, Turkey operates it. Pakistan and Turkey are quite close, is it not ?<br />The situation is worse for F-16, Su-30s etc.<br /><br />In above cases just that you and me do not see the docs in newspaper.<br />Our firm assumption should be all imported stuff is compromised or can be during war (take case of argentina's Exocet missiles)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-65297580717288466372016-08-26T01:43:24.995-07:002016-08-26T01:43:24.995-07:00"Faced with a potentially disastrous informat..."Faced with a potentially disastrous information leak that could blunt the operational edge of six Scorpene conventional submarines that India is building under licence from French shipyard, DCNS, the Indian Navy is carefully downplaying concerns." - That information was commercial information not unique to the Scorpene and certainly not relevant to the Indian Scorpene as no information is to date complied due to subs still undergoing tests. Only after it has been in service can manuals and unique signatures etc can be available so why is it deliberately propagated as if it is vital when you being in the army should know the hogwash passed on as confidential is in fact only restricted info for potential buyers which even I can access if DCNS thought I was a genuine buyer!Commander Bondnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-52850038130627047062016-08-25T22:53:12.181-07:002016-08-25T22:53:12.181-07:00leak... indian side... by... french personnel... ?...leak... indian side... by... french personnel... ???...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com