Bizarre claims nuclear bomb was detonated in india 12 000 years ago a nuclear bomb blast killed half a million people in india 12 000 years ago according to shocking claims being made. Map of nuclear armed states of the world npt designated nuclear weapon states china france russia united kingdom united states other states with nuclear weapons india north korea pakistan other states presumed to have nuclear weapons israel nato member nuclear weapons sharing states belgium germany italy the netherlands turkey states formerly possessing nuclear weapons. A nuclear weapon also called an atom bomb nuke atomic bomb nuclear warhead a bomb or nuclear bomb is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions either fission fission bomb or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions thermonuclear bomb both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter.
Their significance may best be appreciated by the coining of the words kiloton 1 000 tons and megaton 1 000 000 tons to describe their blast energy in equivalent weights of the conventional chemical explosive tnt for example the atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima japan in 1945 containing only about 64 kg 140 pounds of highly enriched. Nuclear weapons produce enormous explosive energy. Former pakistan president pervez musharraf has said india could finish us by attacking with 20 nuclear bombs if pakistan launched even a single nuclear attack on the neighbouring country.
In the mid 1950s india acquired dual use technologies under the atoms for peace non proliferation program which aimed to encourage the civil use of nuclear technologies in exchange for assurances that they would not be used for military purposes. India s nuclear weapons program was started at the bhabha atomic research center in trombay. Pokhran i was also the first confirmed nuclear weapons test by a nation outside the five permanent members of.
The bomb was detonated on the army base pokhran test range ptr in rajasthan by the indian army under the supervision of several key indian generals. Pokhran i was the assigned code name of india s first successful nuclear bomb test on 18 may 1974. Smiling buddha mea designation.
Nagasaki on friday marked the 74th anniversary of its atomic bombing by the us at the end. Ians august 9 2019 8 51 pm ist. Nagasaki seeks nuclear weapons ban on 74th atomic bombing anniversary.
China also tested its first atomic bomb in october 1964 heightening the need for a nuclear deterrent in the eyes of some indian officials homi bhabha for example urged the indian government to approve an atomic bomb program arguing in one speech that atomic weapons give a state possessing them in adequate numbers a deterrent power against attack from a much stronger state. In 1999 india was estimated to have 800 kg of separated. India has developed and possesses weapons of mass destruction in the form of nuclear weapons although india has not released any official statements about the size of its nuclear arsenal recent estimates suggest that india has 140 150 nuclear weapons and has produced enough weapons grade plutonium for up to 150 200 nuclear weapons.
