Chagai-I
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Chagai-I is the code name of five simultaneous underground nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan at 15:15 hrs PKT on 28 May 1998.[1]: 281 [3][4] The tests were performed at Ras Koh Hills in the Chagai District of Balochistan Province.[5]
Chagai-I | |
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Information | |
Country | Pakistan |
Test site | Ras Koh Hills, Chagai, Balochistan, Pakistan |
Period | 28 May 1998 |
Number of tests | 5 |
Test type | Underground tests |
Device type | Boosted fission/Fusion |
Max. yield | 40 kilotons of TNT (170 TJ) [1]: 281–282 See note[2] |
Test chronology | |
Chagai-I was Pakistan's first public test of nuclear weapons. China's supply of nuclear reactor in 1993 and nuclear technology prior to that for the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant helped to achieve it. Its timing was a direct response to India's second nuclear test Pokhran-II, on 11 and 13 May 1998. These tests by Pakistan and India resulted in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1172 and economic sanctions on both states by a number of major powers, particularly the United States and Japan. By testing nuclear devices, Pakistan became the seventh country to publicly test nuclear weapons.[6]: 14–15 [7] Pakistan's second nuclear test, Chagai-II, followed on 30 May 1998.