Any concept that has earned the word "plague" in its name is certain to be an infamous hassle. The "Red Plague" of the aerospace industry is no exception. For decades, the plague has been identified with corrosion impacting the performance of silver-plated copper conductors.
Some have brushed the issue aside saying that they have never seen it, thus it is not a problem. To put the issue of red plague into perspective, a worst-case estimate suggests as much as 3% of braided silver-plated copper shields have some degree of red plague. Across the aerospace industry, this equates to millions of dollars each year in scraped products, rewiring, and maintenance actions
