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Data: Tue 03 Apr 2001 - 12:58:06 MET DST
Crew had started to destroy sensitive
equipment
April 2, 2001
Web posted at: 8:05 p.m. EDT (0005 GMT)
By CNN National Correspondent Eileen
O'Connor
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pentagon
officials said Monday the crew of the
U.S. spy plane that made an emergency
landing over the weekend on Chinese soil
began procedures to destroy the plane's
sensitive technology, but said they did not know how
far they got.
The team had been trained in a procedure to destroy
equipment and paper that
included the use of hammers, axes, and shredders.
"The expectation would have been if they were going
somewhere where the
equipment would have been compromised, they would
begin the process of
destroying the equipment," the official said, adding,
"we are not sure if that was
accomplished."
Sources said destruction procedures can include
electronic means of destroying
sensitive software and hardware. In some cases, two
solutions which create an
acid can be combined internally to destroy
sophisticated circuit boards.
But a senior Pentagon official said he was not
sure if the equipment on this EP-3 included this
type of destruction equipment.
One military source said the most sensitive
equipment involves decryption devices, which
can descramble electronic communications.
Knowing how the United States eavesdrops on its
communications would be
invaluable to the Chinese government.
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