Pakistan nuclear test

When

28 May 1998

Kind

Nuclear test

Yield (kt)

35

Where

Chagai

Coordinates

28.90° N, 64.89° E

Yield kt

0–35

Type

ug

Purpose

weapons development programme

Reported by

HFS

Pakistan's first nuclear weapons test (1998)

Chagai-I is the code name of five simultaneous underground nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan on 28 May 1998 at 15:15 PKT. The tests were performed at Ras Koh Hills in the Chagai District of Balochistan Province.

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