India's
Nuclear Tests
On May 18, 1974, India conducted
her first underground nuclear explosion at Pokhran in the Thar Desert at a
depth of 100 metres. The code name used to convey the success of the test to
the then Prome Minister , Indira Gandhi was Buddha is smiling for the second
time, India
conducted n May 11, 1998, three underground nuclear explosion at
the same place at a depth of 100 metres. The tests conducted were with a
fission device, a low yield device and a thermonuclear device. The tests were
code named Operation Shakti. In continuation of the planned series, two more
sub-kiloton nuclear tests were carried out on May 13, 1998 at the same place
with
these tests, India become the sixth nuclear power in the world, having the capability
of manufacturing nuclear weapons, However, India's nuclear power policy is to
use the atomic energy mainly for peaceful purposes and to keep the nuclear weapons
development programme contingent upon nuclear threat perception and the
deterrence thereof.
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