Chagai-I
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Chagai-I refers to the nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan in 1998. It was named Chagai-I as the tests were conducted in the Chagai District (Baluchistan province). Plans to conduct a nuclear test started in 1976 with Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) scientists frequently visiting the area to find a suitable location for an underground nuclear test, preferably a mountain. They chose the granite mountain Koh Kambaran in the Ras Koh range in the Chagai Division of Baluchistan. Its highest point rises to a height of 3,009 metres (sources vary). Five underground nuclear tests were made at 3:16 p.m. (PST) on the afternoon of May 28, 1998.[1][2] The yield of the tests was reported to be 40 kt.[3]
[edit] See also
- List of countries with nuclear weapons
- Pokhran-II - India's nuclear test on May 11, 1998
- Abdul Qadeer Khan
[edit] References
- ^ When Mountains Move RAI MUHAMMAD SALEH AZAM, defencejournal.com
- ^ Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Program - 1998: The Year of Testing Carey Sublette, nuclearweaponarchive.org
- ^ FAS.org (December 11, 2002). Pakistan Nuclear Weapons. www.fas.org.
