Pakistan nuclear testIn 1998, Pakistan made its first public underground nuclear test, codenamed Chagai-I, exploding five nuclear devices, becoming the seventh nuclear power. This came after years of development led by Abdul Kadeer Khan. Shortly after the Indo-Pakistan War in 1971, following its defeat and break-up, Pakistan began a nuclear weapons program, and had its own clandestine facility for uranium enrichment from the mid 1980s. Their tests were conducted in the Baluchistan region near the border with Afghanistan. They came as a direct response to India's second nuclear tests just days earlier (11 and 13 May).« |
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