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Indian security has been breached in the sensitive Siachen Glacier-Aksai Chin-Ladakh-Kargil sector as Pakistan Army downloaded the GPS coordinates of all helipads from the army helicopter that strayed across the Line of Control (LoC) into Skardu region on Sunday morning. The Indian Cheetah
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helicopter along with the crew was allowed to return by Pakistan government later in the day.
Goldmine of information for Military Intelligence.
Top government sources said the incident was being probed at a high level as the GPS data of the helicopter was found wiped out along with nicknames and code signs of all the helipads in the 14 Corps area.
“We are treating the incident with utmost concern as coordinates of all helipads in the 14 Corps including Siachen Glacier and LAC are now with Pakistan army with code signs and nicknames,” said a senior official.
Senior officials said the Indian crew was being questioned as the Cheetah was fitted with the GPS and there was no reason for the machine to stray into Pakistan Kashmir.
Pakistan took security data from the Army chopper - Hindustan Times
A big setback for the indians we have got a good deal out of this.
Code names and call signs can be changed in matter of hours..A GPS without the precision code has a CEP of 30 mtrs..which is almost useless targeting purposes for a small small target such as a helipad..position of Helipads can found by a simple overpass of a satellite or even google earth user can give you the position of helipads in a given area.