Question: Indian Navy has set-up a high level committee to find out the extent of Scorpene submarine data leak and the damage to the Navy. The committee will be headed by-
(a) Admiral Ashok Kumar
(b) Admiral Deepak Kumar
(c) Admiral Sunil Kumar
(d) Admiral Sanjay Pathak
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 29 August 2016 Indian Navy has set-up a high level committee to find out the extent of Scorpene submarine data leak and the damage to the Navy.
- The committee will be headed by Admiral Ashok Kumar
- It may be recalled that newspaper named “The Australian” uploaded data pertaining to India’s Scorpene submarines.
- The data leak revealed the detailed information about the combat capability and operating instructions of underwater warfare system of the six Scorpene submarines being built by DCNS in India.
- Newspaper has over the last week released several pages of classified information from among the 22,400 pages it obtained, in redacted form, detailing the stealth and combat capabilities of the Scorpene under construction for the Indian Navy.
- India signed a 3.5 billion U.S. dollars deal with French manufacturer DCNS for six Scorpene submarines in 2005 to be built in Mumbai with an Indian government-owned shipbuilder.
Reference:
http://airworldservice.org/english/archives/32351
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-08/30/c_135645092.htm
http://www.newsroompost.com/306438/scorpene-data-leak-serious-waiting-for-probe-report-navy-chief/