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GCHQ were only able to break the Argentine encryption because the Dutch gave them very strong hints on how to break it. And the Argentines had no need to break
by goatinaboat 6y ago
GCHQ were only able to break the Argentine encryption because the Dutch gave them very strong hints on how to break it.
And the Argentines had no need to break British encryption as the BBC kept them up to date.
The BBC revealed for example that Argentina’s bombs weren’t detonating on British ships because the fuses were set wrong. And they revealed troop movements too. This is a matter of historical fact.
- mcintyre1994 6y agoThat sounds pretty interesting, do you have a source?
- secondcoming 6y agoI'm not aware of BBC leaks, but there was this: "In a debate on the Falklands War on 3 April 1982, Rowlands revealed that the British were reading Argentine diplomatic traffic" [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Rowlands,_Baron_Rowlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Rowlands,_Baron_Rowlands
- goatinaboat 6y agoSure https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehistoryherald.com/articles/british-irish-history/falklands-war/six-better-fuses/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehistoryherald.com/articles/b... To avoid the high concentration of British air defences, Argentine pilots were releasing their bombs from very low altitudes, giving the fuses too little time to arm before impact. The BBC reportedly broadcast this information and was severely criticised by the task force Commander, Admiral Woodward, who blamed them for alerting the Argentines to the supposed fault. Interestingly, Colonel H.Jones, commanding the Paras on Falkland, had also accused the BBC of giving information to the enemy when reporting on the capture of Goose Green before it actually happened and had threatened to bring charges of treason against the Board of Governors. Sadly he was killed at Goose Green before he could pursue the charge. First I could find but this has been extensively written about in books.