Smiling Buddha, formerly Pokhran-I, was detonated May 18, 1974, at 8:05 AM IST (India Standard Time), with an estimated 8 kt yield.
To intimidate Pakistan.
Trinity, July 16, 1945
India is not a Party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. India tested what it called a "peaceful nuclear explosive" in 1974 (which became known as "Smiling Buddha"). The test was the first test developed after the creation of the NPT, and created new questions about how civilian nuclear technology could be diverted secretly to weapons purposes (dual-use technology). Though India maintained that its nuclear capability was primarily "peaceful", it apparently weaponized two dozen nuclear weapons for delivery by air between 1988 and 1990. But it was not until 1998 that India tested weaponized nuclear warheads ("Operation Shakti"), including a thermonuclear device. And it is estimated that India has 80-100 nuclear warheads (might not be active).
All current nuclear weapons are test by simulation on petaFLOPS supercomputers at the US labs.
Oppenheimer did not "invent" nuclear weapons, but directed the team that developed the first nuclear weapons. Witnessing the fireball of the first test detonation in New Mexico, he is reputed to have quoted a line from the Bhagavad Gita - "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
"Smiling Buddha" was the code name of India's the first nuclear weapon test conducted on May 18, 1974.
India's first nuclear test on May 18, 1974, described by the Indian government as a "peaceful nuclear explosion." The first Nuclear Test in India was cnducted on 18 May , 1974 at Pokhran.
India conducted its first nuclear detonation, described by India as a "peaceful nuclear explosion," on May 18 1974.
To intimidate Pakistan.
pokhran..in 1974
The first test at Pokhran was in 1974, there were more tests in 1998
India conducted its first nuclear weapons test, codenamed "Smiling Buddha," on May 18, 1974. This made India the first country outside of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council to possess nuclear weapons.
Trinity, July 16, 1945
In 1998, India conducted five nuclear test explosions, designated Pokhran-II: three on the 11thof May, and two on the 13thof the same month.Related Information:These tests came about 24 years after India's first successful test explosion, Pokhran-I, which consisted of only one explosion.Pokhran-II established India as the sixth nuclear power in the world and the first outside the UN security Counsel.Pokhran is a reference to the test location, Pokran, Rajasthan.
Muhammad Jupah
All countries that have exploded nuclear devices have exploded their first devices. The USA was the first to detonate such a device and the only country to use nuclear warheads in combat. The most recent countries to test nuclear devices are India, Pakistan, and North Korea.
India is not a Party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. India tested what it called a "peaceful nuclear explosive" in 1974 (which became known as "Smiling Buddha"). The test was the first test developed after the creation of the NPT, and created new questions about how civilian nuclear technology could be diverted secretly to weapons purposes (dual-use technology). Though India maintained that its nuclear capability was primarily "peaceful", it apparently weaponized two dozen nuclear weapons for delivery by air between 1988 and 1990. But it was not until 1998 that India tested weaponized nuclear warheads ("Operation Shakti"), including a thermonuclear device. And it is estimated that India has 80-100 nuclear warheads (might not be active).