The tests achieved their main objective of giving india the capability to build fission and thermonuclear weapons. The first test code named smiling buddha was conducted in may 1974. It was the second instance of nuclear testing conducted by india.
The pokhran ii tests were a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by india at the indian army s pokhran test range in may 1998. Atmospheric testing designates explosions that take place in the atmosphere generally these have occurred as devices detonated on towers balloons barges islands or dropped from airplanes and also those only buried far enough to intentionally create a surface breaking. Nuclear weapons tests have historically been divided into four categories reflecting the medium or location of the test.
By two judgments delivered on 20 december 1974 the court found that the. By two orders of 22 june 1973 the court at the request of australia and new zealand indicated provisional measures to the effect inter alia that pending judgment france should avoid nuclear tests causing radioactive fall out on australian or new zealand territory. Pokhran ii was a secret from 1989 to 1998.
Buddha has smiled during india s first successful nuclear bomb test on 18 may 1974. It was a reference to an earlier call to indira gandhi. The revelation means india managed to keep the us in the dark over smiling buddha as well as the pokhran ii tests in 1998 some 25 years later.
The american intelligence community in the nixon era missed india s preparations for a nuclear weapons test and was caught unawares when smiling buddha was successfully conducted at pokhran on may 18 1974. The device was emplaced in a vertical shaft and detonated at a depth of 107 meters. This test which may have only been partially successful demonstrated a claimed yield of 12 kt.
First nuclear test at pokhran in 1974 india conducted its first nuclear detonation described by india as a peaceful nuclear explosion on 18 may 1974. The united states the soviet union united kingdom france china india. This has been done on test sites on land or waters owned controlled or leased from the owners by one of the eight nuclear nations.
Nuclear weapons testing is the act of experimentally and deliberately firing one or more nuclear devices in a controlled manner pursuant to a military scientific or technological goal.
Nuclear bomb test 1974. Smiling buddha mea designation. Pokhran i was the assigned code name of india s first successful nuclear bomb test on 18 may 1974. The bomb was detonated on the army base pokhran test range ptr in rajasthan by the indian army under the supervision of several key indian generals. Pokhran i was also the first confirmed nuclear weapons test by a nation outside the five permanent members of.
The soviet union s 1974 nuclear test series was a group of 21 nuclear tests conducted in 1974. These tests followed the 1973 soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1975 soviet nuclear tests series.
These tests followed the 1973 soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1975 soviet nuclear tests series. The soviet union s 1974 nuclear test series was a group of 21 nuclear tests conducted in 1974. Pokhran i was also the first confirmed nuclear weapons test by a nation outside the five permanent members of.
The bomb was detonated on the army base pokhran test range ptr in rajasthan by the indian army under the supervision of several key indian generals. Pokhran i was the assigned code name of india s first successful nuclear bomb test on 18 may 1974. Smiling buddha mea designation.
