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Revisiting India’s entry onto the nuclear stage

On May 18, 1974, India conducted an underground test of a nuclear fission device. This test — codenamed Smiling Buddha — enabled us to became the sixth nuclear power in the world. A.S.Ganesh revisits this historic moment and brings you up to speed on the subject…

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Revisiting India’s entry onto the nuclear stageOn May 18, 1974, India conducted an underground test of a nuclear fission device. This test — codenamed Smiling Buddha — enabled us to became the sixth nuclear power in the world. A.S.Ganesh revisits this historic moment and brings you up to speed on the subject…
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