Chagai-I

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.

Key facts

Nuclear weapons test.name: Chagai-I
Nuclear weapons test.picture: File:Chagaiatomictests.jpg
Nuclear weapons test.picture_description: The dust expulsion from the Ras Koh Hills following the underground nuclear detonation
Nuclear weapons test.country: Pakistan
Nuclear weapons test.test_site: Ras Koh Hills, Chagai, Balochistan, Pakistan
Nuclear weapons test.period: 28 May 1998
Nuclear weapons test.number_of_tests: 5
Nuclear weapons test.test_type: Underground tests
Nuclear weapons test.device_type: Boosted fission/Fusion
Nuclear weapons test.max_yield: See note
Nuclear weapons test.previous_test: Kirana-I
Nuclear weapons test.next_test: Chagai-II

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Background
Location
Decision-making
Weapon yield
Reactions
International
Development teams
Commemoration
See also
References
Further information

Chagai-I was Pakistan's first public test of nuclear weapons. 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. Pakistan's second nuclear test, Chagai-II, followed on 30 May 1998.

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