SYDNEY: A massive leak of secret data on French submarines is embarrassing, Australia’s Defense Industry minister said on Friday, stressing that security between Australia and the DCNS shipbuilders would be “the most stringent in the world”.

The Australian newspaper reported this week that it had seen 22,400 leaked pages detailing the combat capability of the Scorpene-class DCNS submarine designed for the Indian navy.

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