India, Pakistan and the Bomb

The Indian subcontinent is the most likely place in the world for a nuclear war

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M. V. RAMANA and A. H. NAYYAR are physicists and peace activists who have worked to bridge the divide between India and Pakistan. Ramana, a research staff member in Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security (www.princeton. edu/~globsec), is a founding member of the Indian Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace. He was born and raised in southern India and has written extensively on the region's classical music. Nayyar, a physics professor at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad, is co-founder of the Pakistan Peace Coalition. He also runs a project to provide education to underprivileged children.

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 285 Issue 6This article was published with the title “India, Pakistan and the Bomb” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 285 No. 6 ()
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican122001-324vv1aeNzJYrY1qprz5F6

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