List of nuclear weapons tests of Pakistan

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Chagai I
Information
Country Pakistan
Test site Ras Koh, Pakistan
Period 1998
Number of tests 1
Test type underground tunnel
Max. yield 32 kilotonnes of TNT (130 TJ)
Navigation
Next test series Chagai II

The Nuclear testing series programme refers to an active military programme directed towards the development of techniques of experimenting nuclear forces and further investigations of the blast effects. The programme was suggested and idealized by Munir Ahmad Khan– chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)– as early as 1977.[1]

First subcritical tests were carried out in 1983 by the PAEC, codename as Kirana-I, continued until the 1990s under Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.[1][2] Further claims of conducting subcritical tests at Kahuta were made in 1984 by KRL but were dismissed by the government. Due to amid tensions arisen with BJP-led government under Prime Minister Atal Vajpayee's decision of Pokhran-II– codename of India's nuclear tests in 1998.[3]

The PML government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif authorized the programme jointly under PAEC and KRL, assisted by Corps of Engineers in 1998. There were six nuclear tests performed under this programme: codename: Chagai-I and Chagai-II. After the Prime Minister Atal Vajpayee paying a state visit to Pakistan to meet with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, both countries signed a nuclear testing control treaty, the Lahore Declaration in 1999.[4]

Testing series

Chagai-I

The Pakistan's Chagai-I nuclear test series was a single nuclear test conducted in 1998.

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See also: List of nuclear weapons tests of Pakistan
Pakistan's Chagai I series tests and detonations
Name [n 1] Date time (UT) Local time zone [n 2][5] Location [n 3] Elevation + height [n 4] Delivery, [n 5]
Purpose [n 6]		 Device [n 7] Yield [n 8] Fallout [n 9] References Notes
Chagai 1 - 1 28 May 1998 10:16:15.8 PKT (5 hrs)
 Ras Koh, Pakistan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1,298 m (4,259 ft) + underground tunnel,
 32 kt [6][7][8] Boosted fission device. Notice debris from light rock band slumped downhill from shaking. No official word on what happened in the test. A. Q Khan, well connected but considered unreliable, says 1 large and 4 small devices detonated.
Chagai 1 - 2 28 May 1998 10:16:15.8 PKT (5 hrs)
 Ras Koh, Pakistan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1,298 m (4,259 ft) + underground tunnel,
 1 kt [6][7][8] Boosted fission device. Notice debris from light rock band slumped downhill from shaking.
Chagai 1 - 3 28 May 1998 10:16:15.8 PKT (5 hrs)
 Ras Koh, Pakistan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1,298 m (4,259 ft) + underground tunnel,
 1 kt [6][7][8] Boosted fission device.
Chagai 1 - 4 28 May 1998 10:16:15.8 PKT (5 hrs)
 Ras Koh, Pakistan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1,298 m (4,259 ft) + underground tunnel,
 1 kt [6][7][8] Boosted fission device.
Chagai 1 - 5 28 May 1998 10:16:15.8 PKT (5 hrs)
 Ras Koh, Pakistan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 1,298 m (4,259 ft) + underground tunnel,
 1 kt [6][7][8] Boosted fission device.

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Chagai II

Chagai II
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Satellite image of Kharan Desert
Information
Country Pakistan
Test site Kharan Desert, Pakistan
Period 1998
Number of tests 1
Test type underground shaft
Max. yield 15 kilotonnes of TNT (63 TJ)
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Previous test series Chagai I

The Pakistan's Chagai II nuclear test series was a single nuclear test conducted in 1998. These tests followed the Chagai-I series .

The Pakistan test series summary table is below.

The detonations in the Pakistan's Chagai-II series are listed below:

Pakistan's Chagai II series tests and detonations
Name [n 10] Date time (UT) Local time zone [n 11][9] Location [n 12] Elevation + height [n 13] Delivery [n 14] Purpose [n 15] Device [n 16] Yield [n 17] Fallout [n 18] References Notes
Chagai 2 30 May 1998 06:54:57.1 PKT (5 hrs)
 Kharan Desert, Pakistan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 580 m (1,900 ft) - 36 m (118 ft) underground shaft 15 kt [6][7][8][10] Miniaturized boosted fission device.

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Summary

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See also: List of nuclear weapons tests
Pakistan's nuclear testing series summary - Link to world summary of nuclear weapons tests
Series or years Years covered Tests [Summ 1] Devices fired Devices with unknown yield Peaceful use tests Non-PTBT tests [Summ 2] Yield range (kilotons) [Summ 3] Total yield (kilotons) [Summ 4] Notes
Chagai I 1998 1 5 1 to 32 36
Chagai II 1998 1 1 15 15
Totals 1998-May-28 to 1998-May-30 2 6 1 to 32 51 Total country yield is 0.0% of all nuclear testing.

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References

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