Researchers developing Vanishing or self destructing electronics to avoid being leaked or reverse engineered

In April 2001, a US Navy surveillance plane was intercepted by two Chinese F-8 fighter planes during a routine patrol flight over the Chinese South Sea. The US plane was forced to make an emergency landing in China, after what officials described as a “minor” midair collision, occurred with one of the Chinese planes. The US crew had between 12 and 20 minutes in the
air to destroy all classified material on board before making the emergency landing. In the final moments before the plane landed, the crew tried to destroy the hardware with hammers and axes.