MI8

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For the American crytography group, see MI-8.
For the helicopter, see Mil Mi-8

MI8, or Military Intelligence, section 8, was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the War Office. It was a British signals intelligence group in World War II. Also known as the Radio Security Service, it tracked radio broadcasts about German bombers during The Blitz.

Signals intelligence in the UK is now performed by the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).

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