• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    It might have been true at the tine, nk didn’t sucessfully test its first nuke until 2006. I suspect the US accusing them of selling yellowcake to Iraq accelerated things.

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      It was definitely after that point in time (I double checked) and in retrospect “forever” wasn’t as long ago as it felt

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        I guess your history teacher didn’t keep up to date with history. Like it ended in the 90s or something :fukuyama:.