Pokhran-II

When

11 May 1998

Kind

Nuclear test

Coordinates

27.08° N, 71.72° E

Description

Pokhran-II (Operation Shakti): India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including one thermonuclear device.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Pokhran-II.

Pokhran-II (Operation Shakti): India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including one thermonuclear device

1998 series of Indian nuclear weapons tests

Pokhran-II was a series of five nuclear weapon tests conducted by India in May 1998. The bombs were detonated at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan. It was the second instance of nuclear testing conducted by India, after the first test, Smiling Buddha, in May 1974.

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