Chagai-II
Sign in to saveChagai-II is the codename assigned to the second atomic test conducted by Pakistan, carried out on 30 May 1998 in the Kharan Desert in Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Chagai-II took place two days after Pakistan's first successful test, Chagai-I, which was carried out on 28 May 1998 in the Ras Koh area in Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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- Country
- Pakistan
- Operator
- Pakistan
- Location
- Balochistan
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- point in time
- 1998-05-30
- located in/on physical feature
- Kharan Desert
- explosive energy equivalent
- 18
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Test preparations
- Selection and planning
- Test and blast yields
- Test teams
- Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
- Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers
- See also
- References
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Chagai-II is the codename assigned to the second atomic test conducted by Pakistan, carried out on 30 May 1998 in the Kharan Desert in Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Chagai-II took place two days after Pakistan's first successful test, Chagai-I, which was carried out on 28 May 1998 in the Ras Koh area in Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan.
The initial goals were to test the new designs of the weapon rather than studying the effects, and were different from the first tests in that they were primarily conducted by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), with the Pakistan Armed Forces engineering formations having only a supporting role.
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