The set of classified documents released by national security archive nsa and nuclear proliferation international history project through the. In the last months of 1995 us intelligence agencies detected signs of india s nuclear test preparations at pokhran but the satellite photos that analysts studied were as clear as mud according to declassified documents published today. 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 device was emplaced in a vertical shaft and detonated at a depth of 107 meters. This test which may have only been partially successful demonstrated a claimed yield of 12 kt. First nuclear test at pokhran in 1974 india conducted its first nuclear detonation described by india as a peaceful nuclear explosion on 18 may 1974.
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.
Today on the 22nd anniversary of the pokhran ii testing prime minister narendra modi appreciated the team of. The tests were carried out under the leadership of apj abdul kalam the former president of india and former head of defence research development organisation drdo during pm vajyapee prime ministership. In may 1998 india successfully conducted nuclear tests in pokhran rajasthan.
India on friday may 11 2018 is observing the 20th anniversary of the pokhran ii nuclear bomb tests which were conducted at the pokhran test range in rajasthan s jaisalmer district in may 1998. Kabul uk images falsely shared as blast at pokhran nuke plant two of the below attached images are from a bomb blast that happened in kabul in 2017 and one is from uk in 2015. The test range was built by the indian army corps of engineers and is under the control of indian army it was built sometime before may 1974 when following authorization given to the.
The pokhran test range a key component of india s nuclear programme is located in the municipality the indian nuclear test site is located 45 km north west of pokhran town and 4 km north of khetolai village.
Pokhran nuclear test images. Twenty years ago today a sudden announcement by then prime minister atal bihari vajpayee and his national security adviser brajesh mishra turned india s world upside down. On 11th and 13th may india conducted a set of five nuclear tests stunning the world. Those tests set india on a road that led to a global acknowledgement of india not merely a nuclear power. Latest pokhran travel pictures.
Pokhran now becomes a landmark town in indian history after nuclear tests. Pokhran firing range now used by defense forces for their practice. Baba ramdev temple and pokhran fort are the major tourist attraction of the town.
Baba ramdev temple and pokhran fort are the major tourist attraction of the town. Pokhran firing range now used by defense forces for their practice. Pokhran now becomes a landmark town in indian history after nuclear tests.
Latest pokhran travel pictures. Those tests set india on a road that led to a global acknowledgement of india not merely a nuclear power. On 11th and 13th may india conducted a set of five nuclear tests stunning the world.
Twenty years ago today a sudden announcement by then prime minister atal bihari vajpayee and his national security adviser brajesh mishra turned india s world upside down.
