Operation Smiling Buddha
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Nuclear test Operation Smiling Buddha
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| nation |
 India
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| Test location | Pokhran |
| date | May 18, 1974 |
| Test type | Underground test |
| Test height | -107 meters |
| Weapon type | Implosion ( plutonium ) |
| Explosive power | 8 kt TNT equivalents |
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| Previous test | - |
| Next test | Operation Shakti |
Operation Smiling Buddha was the code name for testing an Indian atomic bomb .
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The bomb had an explosive force of about 8 kilotons of TNT equivalent and was detonated on May 18, 1974 at a depth of 107 m on the army site near Pokhran ( Rajasthan ) in the Thar desert for test purposes.
Until Operation Shakti in 1998, India did not conduct any further tests with atomic explosive devices. Both Operation Smiling Buddha and Shakti took place on the day of the Vesakh festival.
Pakistani response
Pakistan viewed the test as not peaceful and canceled talks on June 10 on political normalization. Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto said in June 1974 that he would not tolerate Indian blackmail or hegemony. Pakistan's leading nuclear physicist, Pervez Hoodbhoy , said in 2011 that the Indian test accelerated the development of the Pakistani atomic bomb.
See also
literature
- Om Parkash Pahuja: India's Nuclear Might. Ocean Books, New Delhi 2012, ISBN 978-81-8430-138-0 , pp. 127-135 (= 6. When Buddha Smiles ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/India/IndiaSmiling.html
- ↑ Om Parkash Pahuja: India's Nuclear Might. P. 127.
- ↑ Pervez Hoodbhoy Amerali : Pakistan's nuclear bayonet . The Herald . January 23, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
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