On 17 August 1982 John Rentoul and I published a detailed report in the New Statesman reporting that Margaret Thatcher’s Falkland’s War Cabinet had “contemplated using Polaris nuclear missiles against Argentina. A Polaris submarine was sent to the South Atlantic to be ready for action 'if need be'.

Professor Ross Anderson, FRS, FREng   Our dear friend and treasured long term campaigner for privacy and security,  Professor of Security Engineering at Cambridge University and Edinburgh University, Lovelace Medal winner, died suddenly at home in Cambridge overnight.