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New light on suspected South Atlantic nuclear test in 1979

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Published: 10 December 2016

Last updated: 4 March 2024

What the US Government really thought of Israel’s apparent 1979 nuclear test - Avner Cohen & William Burr – Politico Magazine 08.12.16
Thanks to new documents, we now know why many in the intelligence community never accepted the official White House narrative about one of the Cold War's biggest mysteries.

And see: Declassified documents indicate Israel and South Africa conducted nuclear test in 1979 – Ronen Berger – Ynetnews 08.12.16
37 years after a mysterious double flash was detected in the South Atlantic Ocean, newly declassified American documents suggest that Israel cooperated with the Apartheid regime; the sources who leaked the information were a former Israeli MK and a senior missile engineer.

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