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series of Indian nuclear weapons tests

Pokhran-II (Operation Shakti) was a series of five nuclear weapontests conducted by India in May The bombs were detonated at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan.

It was the second instance of nuclear testing conducted by India, after the first test, code-named Smiling Buddha, was conducted in May

The test consisted of five detonations, the first of which was a high yieldfusion bomb while the remaining four were fission bombs.

One fusion and two fission bombs were detonated on 11 May and two more fission bombs were detonated two days later on 13 May The tests were collectively called Operation Shakti, and the five nuclear bombs were designated as Shakti-I through to Shakti-V.

The tests achieved their main objective of giving India the capability to build fission and thermonuclear weapons with yields up to kilotons. Then chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission described each one of the explosi