May 28 in History
1998 –Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually
Chagai-I, the code name of five simultaneous underground nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan, were performed at Ras Koh Hills in the Chagai District of Balochistan Province at 15:15 hrs PKT on this day in 1998,
Chagai-I is the code name of five simultaneous underground nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan at 15:15 hrs PKT on 28 May 1998.[1]: 281 [3][4] The tests were performed at Ras Koh Hills in the Chagai District of Baluchistan Province.
It was Pakistan’s first public test of nuclear weapons and the timing was a direct response to India’s second nuclear test Pokhran-II, on May 11 and 13 1998.
The tests by Pakistan and India resulted in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1172 and economic sanctions on both states by a number of major powers, particularly the United States and Japan. By testing nuclear devices, Pakistan became the seventh country to publicly test nuclear weapons.
Pakistan’s second nuclear test, Chagai-II, followed on May 30, 1998.
The launches, celebrated as Youm-e-Takbir (The day of Greatness), is observed as a national day in Pakistan on May 28.
-ENCL/Wikipedia
Photo Caption- Pakistan’s renowned and academic scientists stand with high-ranking army officers at the iron-steel tunnel inside the Koh-Kämbran, Räs Koh Hills where the tests were performed –Wikipedia
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