Vishnu's\ hands

Vishnu's\ hands
The official list of nuclear devices that are known missing, unretrievable, or stolen.
origin: Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress the Prince, takes on his multi-armed form and says, Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.

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