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FBaggins

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3. Probably

Reply to ForgedCrank (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 07:44 PM

Jun 2025

It's how a country announces that they've joined the club.

They wouldn't do it until they could claim that they had several (and the ability to deliver them)... but I don't think they would try to hide the test (as you say... not that they could).

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Question: If Iran did make a bomb [View all] EndlessWire Jun 2025 OP

But would they? ForgedCrank Jun 2025 #1

Probably FBaggins Jun 2025 #3

I guess ForgedCrank Jun 2025 #6

"The whole idea of the doomsday machine is lost if you keep it a secret. Why didn't you tell the world, eh?" 0rganism Jun 2025 #5

You're on the right track FBaggins Jun 2025 #2

It's uncertain if Israel ever tested one. C_U_L8R Jun 2025 #4