The Nanda Kot device returned data for several months before failing, and a climbing team recovered it in the summer of 1968.
Sources
- How the United States Lost a Nuclear Device and Recovered an Indian Friend (warontherocks.com)
- https://m.thewire.in/article/security/inside-the-nanda-devi-nuclear-spy-mission-what-the-nyt-revisited-and-what-it-missed/amp (m.thewire.in)
- https://www.livehistoryindia.com/story/eras/nanda-devi-nuclear-device (livehistoryindia.com)
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