In May 1998, India held a series of nuclear test explosions, matched within a fortnight by a series of tests by Pakistan. Although India had first tested no less than twenty-four years ago, and Pakistan had along been known to be developing nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles clandestinely, the events of 1998 marked a crossing of the Rubicon for this ancient and bitter enmity. This was confirmed by the 1999 eruption of hostilities in the Kargil region of ...
