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25 years of Pokhran II Test
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- On May 11, 1998, India conducted three nuclear bomb test explosions at the Indian Army’s Pokhran Test Range.
- Two days later, on May 13, two more bombs were tested.
- Codenamed Operation Shakti, these tests would display India’s capability to build fission and thermonuclear weapons.
- On May 18, 1974, with support from Indira, India carried out its first nuclear test at the Pokhran test site.
- Pokhran-I was codenamed Operation Smiling Buddha.
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