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A US satellite detected a mysterious flash in 1979; the CIA said it was probably a nuclear test, but nearly 50 years later, the mystery remains unsolved- Japan’s new intelligence bureau is here; Why Tokyo is rethinking how it deals with China, Russia and North Korea
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- 'I'm going to kill...': Ex-CIA officer reveals Musharraf's angry response to AQ Khan selling Pakistan's nuclear secretsEx-CIA operations officer James Lawler, who led covert missions that penetrated, sabotaged, and ultimately exposed AQ Khan's global nuclear...23 Nov, 2025, 08.53 PM IST
- US ignored Pakistan's nuclear weapons development despite repeated warnings: Ex-CIA OfficerRichard Barlow, a former CIA intelligence officer has said that despite having extensive evidence that Pakistan was building atomic weapons...07 Nov, 2025, 05.52 PM IST
- Trump doubles down on nuclear tests. His energy secretary differs.President Donald Trump has claimed the United States will resume explosive nuclear weapons testing. This contradicts Energy Secretary Chris...04 Nov, 2025, 11.07 AM IST
- The day Pakistan got the power to poke IndiaIn 1998, Pakistan's nuclear tests, following India's, escalated regional tensions, enabling asymmetric warfare under a nuclear shield. Paki...05 May, 2025, 03.44 PM IST
- Nuclear programmes of India, Pakistan increase risk of security incident in South Asia: US spymasterThe remarks of National Intelligence Director Daniel Coats is part of US intelligence community's assessment of worldwide threats in the ye...30 Jan, 2019, 11.29 AM IST
- James Bond in the Himalayas: The buried secret of Nanda DeviBuried somewhere in Nanda Devi is a nuclear-powered spying device CIA & IB planted to keep a tab on China.10 Aug, 2018, 05.51 PM IST
- An atomic device got lost at Nanda Devi and continues to be missingIt may be worthwhile to try to locate it now that technology has improved and there is machinery that can penetrate ten to fifteen feet of ...09 Aug, 2018, 10.56 AM IST
- Indira Gandhi considered military strike on Pakistan's nuclear sites: CIA document"In February (1981), excavation was begun in the Thar desert to permit the underground explosion of an Indian test device on short notice,"...12 Jul, 2018, 04.38 PM IST
- Operative spoke of CIA hand in 1966 crash: ReportAccording to experts requesting anonymity, Bhabha was convinced that if India had to become a major force to reckon with, it had to launch ...12 Jul, 2018, 11.07 AM IST
- CIA papers reveal China's nuclear free pass to PakistanIn the files, the US notes that China did not ask Pakistan to open its nuclear installations to IAEA inspections, after inking a nuclear ag...28 Jan, 2017, 11.17 AM IST
- Zia-ul-Haq assured Ronald Reagan Pakistan wouldn't acquire nuclear bomb: CIA papersCIA, in its recently declassified documents of 12 million pages, mentions a letter written to the then US President by the then military di...26 Jan, 2017, 08.06 PM IST
- Under Rajiv Gandhi, India was ready with H-Bomb to counter Pakistan's nukesThe hydrogen bomb that the Rajiv govt was preparing to explode was much stronger than the one tested 11 years earlier, when his mother Indi...24 Jan, 2017, 11.10 AM IST
- China may have provided Pak with N-weapons designs: DocumentChina might have provided its close ally Pakistan a fairly comprehensive package of proven nuclear weapons design in late 1970s.24 Apr, 2013, 12.46 PM IST
- US intelligence has predicted Indian nuclear bomb in 1964The US intelligence community predicted India's atomic bomb in 1964 but mistakenly concluded Israel had "not yet decided" to go nuclear.07 Nov, 2012, 01.58 AM IST
- Indo-US N-deal not on back-burner, says RiedelA key aide to President Barack Obama has dismissed reports that the new US Administration has kept the nuclear deal with India on the back-...06 Jun, 2009, 10.11 AM IST
- US had no clue about Pokhran tests: TenetIn a major embarrassment for the Congress, former CIA director George Tenet said that India abandoned the nuclear test in 1995 due to US pr...04 May, 2007, 01.38 AM IST
- 'CIA failed to detect Indian nuke tests in 1998'Former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director George Tenet has written in his new book that the "failure" of the United States intel...03 May, 2007, 09.00 AM IST
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