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Pakistan's weaker conventional weapon military in comparison to India and the Indian nuclear programme that started in 1967 prompted Pakistan's clandestine development of nuclear weapons. [32] Although Pakistan began the development of nuclear weapons in 1972, Pakistan responded to India's 1974 nuclear test (see Smiling Buddha) with a number of ...
Kazakhstan had 1,400 Soviet-era nuclear weapons on its territory and transferred them all to Russia by 1995, after Kazakhstan acceded to the NPT. [135] Ukraine had as many as 3,000 nuclear weapons deployed on its territory when it became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991, equivalent to the third-largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
1998 – May – India tests five more nuclear weapons as part of Operation Shakti at the Pokhran test site. This was India's second round of nuclear weapons testing. 1998 – May – Pakistan detonates five high-enriched uranium nuclear weapons in the Chagai Hills. A sixth nuclear test, at Kharan, was a plutonium device.
Project-706, also known as Project-786 was the codename of a research and development program to develop Pakistan's first nuclear weapons. [1] The program was initiated by Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1974 in response to the Indian nuclear tests conducted in May 1974.
Pakistan's nuclear testing series summary - Link to world summary of nuclear weapons tests; Series or years Years covered Tests [Summ 1] Devices fired Devices with unknown yield Peaceful use tests Non-PTBT tests [Summ 2] Yield range [Summ 3] Total yield (kilotons) [Summ 4] Notes Chagai I: 1998 1: 5: 1 to 32 36: Chagai II: 1998 1: 1: 15 15: Totals
[94] [95] Pakistan reacted by recalling its finance minister who was on a visit to the U.N. [96] Pakistan also tried to strengthen the relationship with China and Saudi Arabia to counter the U.S. [97] The Chinese government advised Pakistan against any commitments that could jeopardize China's relationships with US and India. [98]
The second incident occurred on Oct. 2, around 7:30 a.m. when DPS received a request for assistance from the Texas National Guard regarding a very large group of illegal immigrants in the Hopedale ...
Abdul Qadeer Khan, NI, HI, FPAS (/ ˈ ɑː b d əl ˈ k ɑː d ɪər ˈ k ɑː n / ⓘ AHB-dəl KAH-deer KAHN; Urdu: عبد القدیر خان; 1 April 1936 – 10 October 2021), [3] known as A. Q. Khan, was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer who is colloquially known as the "father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program".