In 1972, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto founded the nuclear weapons program in Pakistan. Later on Pakistan’s programs obtained sensitive uranium enrichment technology and expertise in 1970’s. In 1975 the arrival of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khanthe German trained metallurgist advanced all the efforts. He brought with him the knowledge of gas centrifuge technologies.
Pakistan Nuclear program is based on High Enrichment Uranium (HEU) produced at Kahuta in Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan research Laboratory.
Pakistan successfully conducted five nuclear tests on May 28, 1998. As reported by Pakistan Atomic Energy commission that these five nuclear test generates a seismic signal of approximately 5.0 on the Richter scale equivalent to TNT. The nuclear weapon “Warhead” was tested on 30 may, 1998. This test was concluded in Baluchistan.
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