25th anniversary of Pokhran-II
GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Challenges to Internal Security/Indigenization of Technology Source: IE Context: On May 11, 1998, codenamed Operation Shakti (literally, “strength”)/Pokhran-II, India conducted three nuclear bomb test explosions at the Indian Army’s Pokhran Test Range. Timeline of Operation Shakti/Pokhran-II: Foundation of India’s nuclear programme laid by physicist Homi J Bhaba: Tata Institute …