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The first nuclear weapons research was performed by the Ethalrian Empire in the late 1940s and early 1950s and the first nuclear test was conducted on 5 June 1953 in the [[Azure Sea]]. Scientists of Morstaybishlia and Salovia were aware of the potential of nuclear weapons and had also been conducting research on the field.

Having been long allies with Ethalria going back to the late 19th century, Salovia requested that Ethalria share their nuclear technology projects with them. Ethalria refused twice, but when offered a lump sum of ♅125 million (equivalent to ♅3.304 billion today) they accepted. Salovia received the blueprints and information on the Roter-Himmel Projekt, which was one of Ethalria’s initial nuclear tests and began reproducing it under their own project, Operation Courier's Tide.

 

By the time the 1960's rolled around, the P'reria Crisis began, and with it Chancellor Kurasin Sokolo requesting assistance from Ethalrian Matriarch Arin V to assist in quelling the insurgency by the P'reria Front, as a sign of trust and goodwill to continue the positive relations that had been built in the past century. However, Arin V opted to stay out of the conflict, calling the crisis an "internal affair for Salovians to handle," a statement that would presage the 1966-1967 Ethal-Salovian War.

 

 

At the conclusion of the Salovian crisis, the two powers exchanged the information, setting Morstaybishlia on the path towards their first nuclear test on September 12th 1964. Upon receiving intelligence on the secret military exchange, Matriarch Deloria XV condemned the act, declaring it a sign of mistrust and desperation to level the playing field. The three powers of Aurora now all with nuclear weapons rose tensions on the continent further, setting the stage for the Auroran Cold War.