https://mainstreamweekly.net/ Mainstream Weekly ISSN (Mainstream Online) : 2582-7316 Author Submission Guidelines Mainstream's Privacy Policy Donate to Support Mainstream Weekly en SPIP - www.spip.net https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH42/siteon0-5599c.jpg?1780229567 https://mainstreamweekly.net/ 42 144 https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1809.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1809.html 2009-12-08T14:41:59Z text/html en R. Ramachandran <p>DISCUSSION <br class='autobr' /> Since the days of the Shakti series of Pokhran-II underground nuclear tests, conducted jointly by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) more than 11 years ago, controversy over the yields of the devices tested, in particular that of the thermonuclear device, or hydrogen bomb (S1), has refused to go away. <br class='autobr' /> The devices of May 11, 1998—S1, S2 and S3—were exploded simultaneously as the shafts S1 and S2 were (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique97.html" rel="directory">December 2009</a>