Scorpene leak not a big worry: Parrikar

The Defence Minister said that the leaked does not include any of the weaponry systems of the Scorpene. Parrikar said that the Navy has assured him that most of the leaked documents are not of concern. The minister also said that Scorpene submarine has not even fully completed the sea trials, which is important to understand how it will work under water. However, Australian investigative journalist Cameron Stewart, who broke the sensational story on the leak of data on Indian Scorpene submarines, has questioned the Indian Navy’s attempt to downplay the leak, saying his newspaper can post all the leaked documents online if India feels they pose no threat.  “The Navy is just trying to control the public relations damage of the leak, so they are trying to play it down. I have gone through the documents in detail with a defence expert (who helped me redact those few we put out in the web) and there is no doubt these documents should never be available in the public arena,” he said.