Chagai-I Test Site, Pakistan

In 1998 in Pakistan near Chagai City, was founder a huge test site. There were tested only six explosions, for which in the Koh Jimbaran Mountain was made a kilometre tunnel. The test site building has begun in 1976. This place was attractive for specialists because it had granite hillside which is suitable for testing. The area doesn't have a large population but sometimes there used to stay nomads.

All bombs that were exploded there are made with the use of uranium. Six bombs’ power was more than 40 kilotons. A tremendous defeat in the war with India became a reason to build this nuclear test side in Pakistan. Leaders of the state understood that they were much weaker than the Indian troops. In 1972 they began to work on a project of nuclear tests. In 1998 the series of tests had the place in India and explosions in Pakistan became an answer to this. The nuclear program of Pakistan was one of the most secreted in the world. Until now we have little precise data about them.

Until now we don't have any data about the real usage of this test site. Experts say that thanks to the desert area, negative afterwards were led to a minimum. However, for a number of people Chagai City outskirts stay a home place. There live tribes of nomads who graze livestocks, collect berries and plants. It is quite impossible to restrict them from negative afterwards of the nuclear explosions. Next - Novaya Zemlya Test Site