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Monday, August 22, 2011

India's Smiling Buddha


Pokhran-I
Operation Smiling Buddha
Country  India
Test site Pokhran
Period May 1974
Number of tests 1
Test type Underground tests
Device type Fission
Max. yield 8 kilotons of TNT (33 TJ)
Navigation
Previous test None
Next test Pokhran-II
The Smiling Buddha, formally designated as Pokhran-I, was the codename given to India's first nuclear test explosion that took place at Pokhran on 18 May 1974. It was also the first confirmed nuclear test by a nation outside the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. The explosive yield of the bomb was reported to be 8 kt.[1]

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