'No power in the world can make us bow down': PM Modi recalls 1998 Pokhran tests at Somnath Amrut Mahotsav - The Statesman
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The 1998 nuclear tests are remembered as one of the defining moments in the nation’s history to highlight India’s rise as a global power under the leadership of former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
  • Miaou@jlai.luEnglish
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    2 months ago

    You can also look at Iraq in 2003 which was neither in response to an attack or UN sanctioned.

    Sure, but that goes against the point you’re trying to make.

    • BananaLama@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      How so?

      I’d like to preemptively note that the UN resolution regarding Afghanistan didn’t happen until December while the invasion began in September.