Navy investigates disappearance of classified chart

Hai Ou missile boats at anchor in Tsuoying, Kaohsiung

A top-secret CSIST computer went missing in May. Now a classified naval chart. Someone needs to plug those holes 

Two classified naval charts were reported missing when an inventory was carried out amid the decommissioning of aging Hai Ou (“Seagull”) missile boats last month, and the information they contained could put navy vessels at risk during wartime, reports said yesterday. 

According to the Chinese-language United Daily News, navy officers who had custody over the documents accidentally burned one of the two missing charts while destroying other documents, but the other, which contained classified information about naval deployments in the Taiwan Strait, remains unaccounted for. 

The missing chart reportedly contained hydrographic data, ship information, waterways depth, sea salt fluctuation and the locations of navy vessels and submarines in wartime. The information could leave navy vessels exposed if it were to fall in enemy hands, reports said. 

My article, published today in the Taipei Times, continues here.