April 21, 2023

Qatar Locks Up 8 Former Indian Naval Officers

India’s The Print on April 19, 2023 reported that:

Eight former Indian Navy officers have been imprisoned by Qatar. What those officers were doing for Qatar is unclear. They are accused of spying for Israel on Qatar’s (until now secret) project to acquire 2 or more (smaller than the Italian Navy's version) of the Fincantieri-TKMS Type 212 Near Future Submarines (NFS). The 212NFS's for the Italian Navy are to have both AIP and LIBs [for perhaps 4 weeks continuous submerged operation]. Possibly Qatar’s 212NFS's would have AIP and LIBs as well.

Pete Comment

India might logically have also been a recipient of the officers’ information, in part because Qatar is reportedly close militarily with India’s nemesis Pakistan.

2 comments:

  1. Kumar4/30/2023 3:33 PM

    Hi Pete
    Hope all's well with you. The incarceration of former Indian naval officers is a matter of concern. They were detained in 2022 and charged with alleged espionage now.

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  2. Pete5/03/2023 4:42 PM

    Hi Kumar

    Thanks for visiting. All is well.

    Though I'm now 62 and firmly in middle age. To use a horse analogy, I'm long in the tooth.

    I hope the 8 get light sentences. After all, under the Abraham Accords Israel and the UAE have normalised relations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Accords

    Cheers Pete

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