India had conducted five underground nuclear tests on may 11 and 13 1998 in pokhran in the rajasthan desert and declared it crossed the nuclear threshhold. 20 years of india displaying its power with maturity. Pokhran pokhran nuclear test.
Express archive anil kakodar nuclear scientist was director of bhabha atomic research centre when india conducted nuclear tests in pokhran in may 1998. Pm atal bihari vajpayee at the test site in pokhran with drdo chief a p j abdul kalam left and aec chairman and dae secretary r chidambaram. The test made india a nuclear power.
The peaceful nuclear test codenamed the smiling buddha was conducted on may 18 1974 under the leadership of prime minister indira gandhi. Today may 18 is a historic day for india as we are observing the 46th anniversary of our first nuclear test in rajasthan s pokhran. Pokhran ii consisted of five detonations of which the first was a fusion bomb and the remaining four were fission bombs.
It was the second nuclear test since the first test code named smiling buddha had been conducted in may 1974. Pokhran ii refers to the series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by india at the indian army s pokhran test range in may 1998. Pokhran 1 had cleared the ground for pokhran 2.
If there were any doubts india would halt its march towards becoming a full fledged nuclear weapons state they were cleared nearly 24 years later when india test fired five nuclear devices between may 11 and 13 1998 in pokhran this time with atal bihari vajpayee at the helm. India had conducted. Pokhran nuclear test two 11 th may 1998 this is the date when india conducted its second nuclear test and baffled even the united states.
This shook the whole world because india had become the only country apart from the five permanent members of the united nations security council to be armed with nuclear technology. On may 11 1998 india successfully detonated the shakti 1 nuclear bomb at the indian army s pokhran test range in rajasthan as part of the indian army s pokhran test range in rajasthan. Although this was not the first time the country was testing.
On may 13 1998 at 15 45 hours india secretly conducted a series of underground nuclear tests with five bombs in pokhran rajasthan.
Nuclear bomb test in india pokhran. The pokhran ii tests were a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by india at the indian army s pokhran test range in may 1998. It was the second instance of nuclear testing conducted by india. The first test code named smiling buddha was conducted in may 1974. The tests achieved their main objective of giving india the capability to build fission and thermonuclear weapons.
Smiling buddha mea designation. Pokhran i was the assigned code name of india s first successful nuclear bomb test on 18 may 1974. 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 also the first confirmed nuclear weapons test by a nation outside the five permanent members of.
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. The tests achieved their main objective of giving india the capability to build fission and thermonuclear weapons. The first test code named smiling buddha was conducted in may 1974.
It was the second instance of nuclear testing conducted by india. The pokhran ii tests were a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by india at the indian army s pokhran test range in may 1998.
