http://bfbs.com/news/uk/website-error-reveals-uk-nuclear-submarine-secrets-46774.html
They included expert opinion about the fleet's ability to withstand a catastrophic accident and details of measures used by the US Navy to protect its own nuclear submarines.
The document – compiled by Commodore Andrew McFarlane, head of the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator - was an assessment of options for the reactors in future submarines to replace the Trident fleet.
Patrick Mercer - the Conservative MP who served in the Army - said the information would be "hugely interesting" to Britain's enemies, calling the error "potentially catastrophic".
The technical error was discovered by a journalist working for the Daily Star newspaper.
An MOD spokesman said: "The MOD is grateful to the journalist for bringing this matter to our attention.
"As soon as we were told about this, we took steps to ensure the document was removed from the public domain and replaced by a properly redacted version.
“We take nuclear security very seriously and we are doing everything possible to prevent a recurrence of this."
Apparently doing everything possible isn't enough, as the classified details are available on
cryptome (The text in the red is the classified bit).
What incompetence.
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This is why I love Totse
Whenever I find stuff like this, you guys are the first I think of to share it with.
Details on what kind of structural failure is needed on certain UK submarines, details on the vulnerabilities of the depth control and LOCA (Loss of Coolant Accident), among other things.
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I suspect many people work in the public sector because they aren't good enough to work in the private.
As a result incompetency is a common problem.
This This This!
Awesome find, 13579.
:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:
Too right. I came across a powerpoint of some software that had peoples details removed by placing objects across them.
IF that's one thing our nation should be known for it's incompetence I stopped reading private eye after I realised just how incompetent the country is..