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[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t call the US tests “clandestine”. They’re subcritical, meaning they don’t generate any nuclear yield. They also report when they do these in the annual NNSA reports.

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was gonna say, if clandestine, how on clock?

[–] weker01@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

They learned of it after it happened per the article.