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India exploded a "peaceful nuclear device" at a sub-surface test facility in the Great Thar Desert (IIRC) in 1974. They took advantage of the fact that the US was distracted by Watergate, Cyprus, etc.


34 posted on 04/30/2005 2:56:37 PM PDT by skepsel
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To: skepsel; airborne

Stand by-- the Hermit Kingdom is about to test a nuke underground-- and that will mean they have both the delivery vehicles and viable warheads.


49 posted on 04/30/2005 11:32:20 PM PDT by zipper ("The fear of God makes heroes, the fear of man makes cowards."-- Sgt Alvin C. York)
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