MoD kept failure of best tank quiet (2007)

I&#x27;m assuming this old article was posted because of this recent news: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.popularmechanics.com&#x2F;military&#x2F;weapons&#x2F;a45013762&#x2F;challenger-2-tank-destroyed-by-enemy-fire-in-ukraine&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.popularmechanics.com&#x2F;military&#x2F;weapons&#x2F;a45013762&#x2F;...</a> (The Challenger 2 Tank Has Never Been Lost to Enemy Fire. That Just Changed in Ukraine).

Back in the news relatively recently: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Challenger_2#Classified_specifications_leak" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Challenger_2#Classified_specif...</a>

Paywalled: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.today&#x2F;ximl" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.today&#x2F;ximl</a>

Anyone up on their tank armour tech know the reason it failed in this incident?

The capital &#x27;d&#x27; in the title is kind of important here :)