ABSTRACT
This dictionary provides a comprehensive and ready guide to the key concepts, issues, persons, and technologies related to the nuclear programmes of India and Pakistan and other South Asian states. This will serve as a useful reference especially as the nuclear issue continues to be an important domestic and international policy concern.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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123 Agreement
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A-5 Fighter-Bomber
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A-7 Fighter-Bomber
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Aatre, Vasudev Kalkunte
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Abm Treaty
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Additional Protocol
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Advanced Fuel Fabrication Facility
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Advanced Heavy Water Reactor
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Advani, Lal Krishna
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Aerospace Institute
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Agni
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Agni-1
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Agni-2
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Agni-3
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Agni-4
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Agni-5
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Agni-6
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Anti-Nuclear Movement
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Apsara
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Arihant-Class Submarines
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Armament Research And Development Establishment
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Arrow Missile
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Arunachalam, Vallampadugai Srinivasaraghavan
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Asthana, Teja Mohan
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Atomic Energy Act, 1962
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Atomic Energy Authority
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Atomic Energy Minerals Centre
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Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
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Atomic Minerals Directorate For Exploration And Research
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Atoms For Peace
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Baghalchur Uranium Mines
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Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission
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Bank of Credit and Commerce International
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Baroda Heavy Water Plant
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Beach Sand Exploitation Centre
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Beg, Mirza Mohammad Aslam
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Beryllium
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Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
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Bharat Dynamics Limited
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Bharatiya Jana Sangh
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited
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Bhutto, Benazir
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Bhutto, Zulfiqar Ali
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Boiling Water Reactor
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Boosted Fission Weapons
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Boron Enrichment Plant
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Brown Amendment
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Brownback Amendments
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Bush, George H. W
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Bush, George W
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Cabinet Committee On Security. See National Security Council
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Canada
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Candu Reactor
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Carter, Jimmy
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Centre For Nuclear Medicine And Ultrasound
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Centrifuges
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Chagai
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Chakra
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Charlie-1 Class Nuclear Submarine. See Chakra
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Chashma Nuclear Power Plant
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Chidambaram, Rajagopala
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China
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Cirus
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Civil Nuclear Liability Act
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Clinton, Bill
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Cold Start
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Cold Test
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Cold War
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Command And Control Systems
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Commitment Trap
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Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
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Conference On Disarmament
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Confidence Building Measures
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Container Security Initiative
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Counterforce
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Countervalue
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Cryogenic Rocket Engine
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Css-2 Missile
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Css-3 Missile
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Css-5 Missile
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De-Alerting Initiative
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Decapitation Strike
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Defence Electronics Research Laboratory
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Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory
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Defence Research And Development Organisation
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Defence Science And Technology Organisation
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Delingha Missile Base
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Department Of Atomic Energy
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Dera Ghazi Khan Uf-6 Conversion Plant
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Dera Ghazi Khan
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Desai, Morarji
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Deterrence
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Deterrence By Denial
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Deterrence By Punishment
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Df-3 Missile
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Df-4 Missile
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Df-21 Missile
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Dhanapala, Jayantha
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Dhanush
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Dhawan, Satish
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Dhruva
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Dubey, Muchkund
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Einhorn, Robert J
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Electronic Corporation Of India Limited
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Electronics And Radar Development Establishment
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Enriched Uranium
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Enterprise Mission
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Existential Deterrence
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Extended Deterrence
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F-16 Fighter-Bomber
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Fast Breeder Reactor
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Fast Breeder Test Reactor
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Fatehjung Missile Factory
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Fernandes, George
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First Strike
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First Use
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Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty
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Fissile Material
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Fission
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Flight Test Range
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France
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Fusion
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Gadwal Uranium Enrichment Plant
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Gandhi, Indira
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Gandhi, Mahatma
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Gandhi, Rajiv
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Gates, Robert Michael
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Ghauri
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Ghose, Arundhati
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Glenn Amendment (1977)
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Golra Sharif Uranium Enrichment Facility
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Gowda, Deve
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Gujral, Inder Kumar
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Hatf-1
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Hatf-2
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Hatf-3 Ghaznavi
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Hatf-4
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Hatf-5
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Hatf-6
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Hatf-7
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Hatf-8
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Heavy Water Board
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Heavy Water
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Hersh, Seymour M
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High Energy Materials Research Laboratory
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Hyde Act, 2006
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Iaea Safeguards
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Inderfurth, Karl F
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Indian National Congress
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Indian Nuclear Doctrine
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Indian Nuclear Power Program
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Indian Nuclear Test (1974)
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Indian Nuclear Tests (1998)
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Indian Ocean As Zone Of Peace
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Indian Rare Earths Limited
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Indian Space Research Organisation
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Indira Gandhi Centre For Atomic Research
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Institute Of Nuclear Medicine And Ultrasound
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Institute Of Space Technology
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Instrumentation Laboratories
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Integrated Defence Staff
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Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme
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Interim Test Range
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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
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International Atomic Energy Agency
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Iran
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Israel
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Issa Khel Uranium Mill
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Iyengar, P. K
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Jaguar Fighter-Bomber
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Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project
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Japan
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Jaswant–Talbott Dialogue
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Jinnah Naval Base
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Joint Intelligence Committee Report
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K-4
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K-15
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Kahuta
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Kahuta Attack Crisis (1984)
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Kaiga Generating Station
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Kakodkar, Anil
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Kakrapar Atomic Power Station
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Kalam, A. P. J
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Kalpakkam
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Kamini Reactor
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Kant, Krishan
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Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
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Kargil Conflict
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Kashmir Crisis
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Khan Research Laboratories
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Khan, A. Q
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Khan, Ghulam Ishaq
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Khan, Munir Ahmad
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Khan, Sahibzada Yaqub
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Khushab
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Kirana Hills Weapons Storage Facility
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Kissinger, Henry
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Krishnaswamy, S
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Kudankulam Atomic Power Project
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Kundian Nuclear Complex
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Laser Science And Technology Centre
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Launch-On-Warning
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Launch-Under-Attack
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Legality Of Nuclear Weapons
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Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam (Ltte)
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Libya
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Limited Deterrence
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Limited War
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Line Of Control
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Lop Nor
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Madras Atomic Power Station
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Malik, V. P
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Margalla Electronics
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Masani, M. R
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Mashhood Test Firing Range
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Massive Retaliation
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Mehra, Surinder Kumar
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Menon, Krishna V. K
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Mig-27 Fighter-Bomber
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Mig-29
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Minimum Deterrence
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Mirage Iii/V
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Mirage-2000 Fighter-Bomber
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Multiple Independently-Targetable Re-Entry Vehicle
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Mishra, Brajesh
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Missile Technology Control Regime
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Mixed Oxide Fuel
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M-Series Missiles
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Mubarakmand, Samar
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Multan Decision
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Multan Heavy Water Production Facility
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Mushaf Air Base
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Musharraf, Pervez
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Mutually Assured Destruction
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Myanmar
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Nanda Devi Affair
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Nanda Kot Nuclear Controversy
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Narora Atomic Power Station
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National Command Authority
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National Defence Complex
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National Democratic Alliance
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National Development Complex
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National Engineering And Scientific Commission
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National Security Advisory Board
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National Security Council
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Nayar, Kuldip
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Nayyar, K. K
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Negative Security Assurance
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Nehru, Jawaharlal
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Neutron Initiator
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New Labs
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Next Steps In Strategic Partnership
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Nixon, Richard
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No First Use
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Non-Aligned Movement
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Non-Attack On Nuclear Facilities Agreement
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Non-Nuclear Weapon State
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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North Korea
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Nuclear Apartheid
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Nuclear Arms Control
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Nuclear Club
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Nuclear Command Authority
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Nuclear Deterrence
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Nuclear Disarmament
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Nuclear Escalation
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Nuclear-Free Zone
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Nuclear Fuel Complex
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Nuclear List
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act, 1978
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
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Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Limited
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Nuclear Proliferation
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Nuclear Strategy
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Nuclear Suppliers Group
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Nuclear Terrorism
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Nuclear Threshold
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Nuclear Weapon State
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Nuclear Weapons Convention. See Nuclear Disarmament
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Operation Brasstacks
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Operation Parakram
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P-5
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Pac-3. See Patriot Missile
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Padmanabhan, Sundararajan
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Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
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Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
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Pakistan Atomic Research Reactor
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Pakistan Institute Of Nuclear Science And Technology (Pinstech)
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Pakistan Ordnance Factories
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Pakistani Nuclear Doctrine
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Pakistani Nuclear Tests (1998)
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Pakistan People'S Party
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Pant, K. C
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Partial Test Ban Treaty
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Patriot Missile
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Peaceful Nuclear Explosion
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Permissive Action Links
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Phoenix Reprocessing Plant
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Plutonium Reprocessing
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Plutonium
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Pokhran
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Pokhran I
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Pokhran Ii
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Pre-Emptive Strike
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Pressler Amendment
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Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor
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Prevention Of Arms Race In Outer Space
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Preventive Strike
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Prithvi
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Project Devil
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Project Valiant
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Proliferation Security Initiative
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Proportional Deterrence
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Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor
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Purnima Research Reactor
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Qabul Khel Uranium Mine
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Ra'Ad Missile
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Radiation Testing Laboratory
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Radiological Weapon
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Raja Ramanna Centre For Advanced Technology
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Rajasthan Atomic Power Station
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Rajiv Gandhi Action Plan
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Ramanna, Raja
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Rao, P. V. Narasimha
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Raphel, Robin
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Ras Koh
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
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Rattehalli Enrichment Facility
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Recessed Deterrence
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Research And Development Establishment (Engineers)
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Research Centre Imarat
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Riedel, Bruce
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Ring Magnets
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Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant
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Russia
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Safeguards
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Sagarika. See K-15
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Saha Institute Of Nuclear Physics
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Saha, Meghnad
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Salam, Abdus
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Sanctions
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Santhanam, K
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Sarabhai, Vikram
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Sargodha Air Base
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Saudi Arabia
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Savar Research Reactor
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Second Strike
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Separation Plan
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Sethna, Homi
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Shadoz
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Shaheen-1 Missile
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Shaheen-2 Missile
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Shakti Tests
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Sharif, Nawaz
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Shastri, Lal Bahadur
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Shaurya
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Sihala Centrifuge Pilot Plant
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Sikka, Satinder Kumar
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Singh, Jasjit
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Singh, Jaswant
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Singh, Manmohan
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Slv Series Rockets
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Soviet Union
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Space And Upper Atmosphere Research Commission
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Sri Lanka
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Srinivasan, M. R
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Stability–Instability Paradox
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Strategic Forces Command
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Strategic Plans Directorate
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Su-30
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Sub-Kiloton Test
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Subrahmanyam, K
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Subterranean Nuclear Explosion Project
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Sundarji, K
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Suparco Plant Karachi
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Surya
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Symington Amendment
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Talbott, Strobe
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Talcher Heavy Water Plant
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Tarapur Atomic Power Station
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Tarnawa Missile Complex
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Task Force 74
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Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research
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Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory
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Thal Heavy Water Plant
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Thorium
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Tipnis, A. Y
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Tritium
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Tu-22 Bombers
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Tumman Leghari Uranium Mines
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United States
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Us–India Nuclear Deal
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United Kingdom
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United Progressive Alliance
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Uranium
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Uranium Corporation Of India Limited
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Uranium Enrichment
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Uranium Enrichment Plant, Barc
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Uranium Mines And Resources
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Usmani, I. H
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Uss Enterprise
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Vajpayee, Atal Behari
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Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
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Vehicle Research And Development Establishment
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Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
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Vver Reactors
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Wah Complex
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War-Fighting
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Wassenaar Arrangement
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Wazir Khan Khosa
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Weapons Of Mass Destruction Act, 2005
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Yellowcake
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Zangger Committee
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Zerlina. Zerlina
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Zia-Ul-Haq, Muhammad