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Dutch spies helped Britain's GCHQ break Argentine crypto during Falklands War

Egghead & Boffin

Pilots carrying comprising material

I was a pilot in the RAF at the time of the conflict.Part of our training and pre-flight procedures for operational sorties was to 'sterilise' ourselves of any useful information before 'walking' for the sortie in case of just this sort of eventuality. A pilot wouldn't carry that sort of information in paper form. Even if he did he wouldn't have the time to look at it in flight so why bother taking it?

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