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The Zircon affair was an incident in 1986 and 1987 caused by the planned broadcast on the BBC of a television programme about the ultimately cancelled Zircon signals intelligence satellite, as part of the six-part Secret Society series. It raised many important issues in the British constitution, particularly concerning parliamentary privilege and "gagging orders".
The Zirconaffair was an incident in 1986 and 1987 caused by the planned broadcast on the BBC of a television programme about the ultimately cancelled...
ongoing court case or threaten to reveal state secrets, such as in the Zirconaffair or several cases mentioned by the Labour MP Tam Dalyell. There is no...
subsequent scandal about the true nature of the project became known as the Zirconaffair. On 30 November 2018, it was announced that the United Kingdom Global...
10 and 11, except section 10(4), do not apply. Official Secrets Act Zirconaffair Defense Secrets Act of 1911 (United States) Halsbury's Statutes, This...
service. It broadcasts for an hour after closedown. 16 January – The Zirconaffair becomes public knowledge when The Guardian reports that the government...
came back to haunt me". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2024. "The ZirconAffair 1986-7 – History of the BBC". BBC. Wilkinson, Nicholas John (2009)....
Head of Drama role until he left this post in 1985), during which the Zirconaffair erupted surrounding an edition of the Secret Society documentary series...
McGuinness, the BBC's coverage of the US 1986 Bombing of Libya and the Zirconaffair. In 1987, the Director-General of the BBC, Alasdair Milne, was forced...
perspective." Board of Governors of the BBC Politics of the United Kingdom Zirconaffair The Real Lives episode "At the Edge of the Union" included an interview...
partial melting of this mafic crust. The presence of grains of the mineral zircon of Hadean age in Eoarchean sedimentary rocks suggests that at least some...
Alasdair. – The Memoirs of a British Broadcaster – History of the Zircon spy satellite affair, written by a former Director-General of the BBC. A series of...
"Timing of crystallization of the lunar magma ocean constrained by the oldest zircon". Nature Geoscience. 2 (2): 133–136. Bibcode:2009NatGe...2..133N. doi:10...
limestone, Ilmenite, mica, rutile mineral sands, phosphate rock, quartz, zircon, dolomite and silica sand. Pulmoddai beach sand deposit is the most important...
cruise missile travels at least five times the speed of sound (Mach 5). 3M22 Zircon (>1000–1500 km) – hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile ASN4G (Air-Sol Nucléaire...
Ratanakiri Department of Planning, p. 170. Zeug et al. 2018. "The Zircon Mines And Blue Zircon". Explore Ratanakiri (in German). Retrieved 9 July 2023. AFP...
Mohriwali. There are also reservoirs of low-grade coal, chalk, bauxite, and zircon. Local household industries produce carved wooden objects, textiles, and...
University looked at bits of the mineral zircon embedded in its structure. "By determining the age of zircon found in the sample, we were able to pinpoint...
2021 Russia launched a 3M22 Zircon antiship missile over the White Sea, as part of a series of tests. "Kinzhal and Zircon (Tsirkon) are standoff strike...
antique brooch to buy John's anniversary gift, he tries to recover it. 17 "A Zircon in the Rough" Alan Rafkin Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum February 1, 1974 (1974-02-01)...
world's largest producer of Garnet and Zircon, having produced 374,476 tonnes of Garnet, 313,998 tonnes of Zircon, 66,596 tonnes of Rutile, 281,991 tonnes...
may have been used during the attacks on the MT Mercer Street and Pacific Zircon, hinting at the existence of a loitering munition variant even if the original...
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