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Scorpene leak: New set of documents out, gives details on sonar system of submarines Australia's The Australian newspaper on Thursday uploaded a fresh tranche of leaked documents relating to information about operating instructions of underwater warfare system of the six   Scorpene submarines   which are being built in India by French firm   DCNS . However, a top defence analyst allayed fears that it could compromise the security of the strategically important combat vessels. Like in the previous case, the newspaper has blacked out all details which it felt would compromise India's security interests. 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. It talks about a wide range of technical specifications of the sonars and at what degree and frequency it will function. It has a System Technical M...

The leak contains more than 22,000 pages outlining the secret combat capability of six submarines that DCNS has designed for the Indian Navy. File photo of Malaysia's first submarine, "KD Tunku Abdul Rahman", a Scorpene-class diesel-electric submarine, docks in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/Files The French shipbuilder which earlier this year won a A$50 billion ($38.06 billion) contract to build Australia's next generation of   submarines   has suffered a massive data leak, raising doubts about the security of one of the world's biggest defence projects. France's DCNS Group beat out Germany's ThyssenKrupp AG and a Japanese-government backed bid by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, in a blow to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to develop defence export capabilities as part of a more muscular security agenda. The leak, which was first reported in The Australian o...