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Article: INDIA NUCLEAR TESTS ENRAGE PAKISTAN THREE UNDERGROUND BLASTS SURPRISE ALLIES AND ENEMIES.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- May 12, 1998
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India set off three underground nuclear blasts yesterday and announced it was capable of making nuclear weapons, enraging its neighbor and rival, Pakistan, and defying a worldwide campaign to contain the spread of nuclear arms.
India's 1-month-old government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, surprised allies and enemies alike with the nation's first nuclear tests in 24 years.
The announcement sparked fears of a new regional arms race between India, Pakistan and China.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee summoned reporters to his home to reveal that India had conducted three underground nuclear tests in the desert 330 miles ...