{"id":110417,"date":"2026-05-18T11:36:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/smiling-buddha-at-52-test-that-announced-indias-nuclear-arrival-to-the-world\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:36:36","slug":"smiling-buddha-at-52-test-that-announced-indias-nuclear-arrival-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/smiling-buddha-at-52-test-that-announced-indias-nuclear-arrival-to-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Smiling Buddha\u2019 at 52: Test that announced India\u2019s nuclear arrival to the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty-two years ago, India detonated a nuclear device in Rajasthan&#8217;s Thar desert, codenamed &#8216;Smiling Buddha&#8217;. This event, coinciding with Buddha Purnima, marked India&#8217;s entry into the nuclear club. Despite being officially termed a &#8216;peaceful nuclear explosion&#8217;, the test ignited debate and reshaped India&#8217;s global standing, demonstrating scientific self-reliance and announcing strategic intent.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty-two years ago, India detonated a nuclear device in Rajasthan&#8217;s Thar desert, codenamed &#8216;Smiling Buddha&#8217;. This event, coinciding with Buddha Purnima, marked India&#8217;s entry into the nuclear club. Despite being officially termed a &#8216;peaceful nuclear explosion&#8217;, the test ignited debate and reshaped India&#8217;s global standing, demonstrating scientific self-reliance and announcing strategic intent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":110418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}