Pokhran-II nuclear tests

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nuclear_test
gptkbp:announced gptkb:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee
gptkbp:codename gptkb:Operation_Shakti
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:Bhabha_Atomic_Research_Centre
Indian Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:countryOfOperation gptkb:India
gptkbp:date 11 May 1998
13 May 1998
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:nuclear_tests_by_Pakistan_(Chagai-I)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Pokhran_Test_Range
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive international attention
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:R._Chidambaram
gptkb:Anil_Kakodkar
gptkb:A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam
gptkb:K._Santhanam
gptkbp:PakistanResponse conducted its own nuclear tests
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Pokhran-I_nuclear_test
gptkbp:purpose demonstration of nuclear capability
gptkbp:region gptkb:Rajasthan
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Chagai-I
gptkb:India's_nuclear_weapons_program
gptkb:Operation_Smiling_Buddha
gptkbp:response UN Security Council condemned the tests
imposed economic sanctions
gptkbp:resultedIn international sanctions on India
gptkbp:significance declared India a nuclear weapons state
gptkbp:testDevice thermonuclear device
fission device
sub-kiloton devices
gptkbp:testRuns 5
gptkbp:testYieldDisputed yes
gptkbp:type underground
subterranean
gptkbp:website gptkb:Pokhran_Test_Range
gptkbp:yield estimated 45 kilotons (largest device)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee
gptkb:R._Chidambaram
gptkb:A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam
gptkb:Anil_Kakodkar
gptkb:Vajpayee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pokhran-II nuclear tests