essential secrecy

The condition achieved from the denial of critical information to adversaries.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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operations security measures
operations security planning guidance

References in periodicals archive

I mention this narrative not only because it points to the essential secrecy of the ark, but also because Chaucer appears to have known it well; according to Heiner Gillmeister, it holds the key to his ballad 'Truth', explaining the puzzling address to Vache and much else.(11)

The significance of 'arca' and 'goddes pryvetee' in 'The Miller's Tale.'

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