Re: Cheshire Airstrip?


Message posted by Duke on May 15, 2020 at 12:43:43 PST:

We caught them in 95-96 and they stopped, then tested in 98 without intel services providing a warning. The following is taken from Wilson Center document linked below:

"Two years later on 11 and 13 May 1998, under Vajpayee’s leadership, the Indians held several nuclear weapons tests at the Pokhran site.[3] As Washington had feared, Pakistan quickly followed with tests on 28 May. The U.S. intelligence establishment was taken by surprise-- satellite imagery could have provided early warning but it was not analyzed in time. Moreover, having learned from the 1995 experience (and other earlier episodes), the Indians had hidden their test preparations through a deception campaign, including far better concealment of the activities at Pokhran.[4]"

Attached link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/the-clinton-administration-and-the-indian-nuclear-test-did-not-happen-1995-1996

In Reply to: Re: Cheshire Airstrip? posted by Peter on May 15, 2020 at 11:39:23 PST:

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