| Chagai-I | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Test site | Ras Koh, Pakistan |
| Period | 1998 |
| Number of tests | 1 (5 Devices fired) |
| Test type | Underground tests (tunnel) |
| Device type | Fission |
| Max. yield | 32 kilotonnes of TNT (130 TJ) |
The nuclear weapons tests of Pakistan refers to a test programme directed towards the development of nuclear explosives and investigation of the effects of nuclear explosions. The programme was suggested by Munir Ahmad Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), as early as 1977.[1]
The first subcritical testing was carried out in 1983 by PAEC, codenamed Kirana-I, and continued until the 1990s under the government of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto.[1][2] Further claims of conducting subcritical tests at Kahuta were made in 1984 by the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) but were dismissed by the Government of Pakistan.
The Pakistan Government, under Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, authorized the programme jointly under PAEC and KRL, assisted by the Corps of Engineers in 1998. There were six nuclear tests performed under this programme, codenamed Chagai-I, and Chagai-II. After the Prime Minister of India, Atal Vajpayee made a state visit to Pakistan to meet with the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, both countries signed a nuclear testing control treaty, the Lahore Declaration in 1999.[3]
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- ^ Interview with Author: Munir Ahmad Khan. "Interview with Author: Munir Ahmad Khan". Retrieved 14 April 2014.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Nizamani, Haider K. (2000). The roots of rhetoric : politics of nuclear weapons in India and Pakistan (1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Praeger. ISBN 0275968774.
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