#Pokhran2
1/16
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Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced to the world that India was now a Official Nuclear Power after the successful tests
2/16
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3/16
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India termed it as a "Peaceful Nuclear Explosion" or PNE something which was in vogue in those years for industrial usage or deep sea mining.
8/16
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Apart from the PM, PS, HM only the DRDO, AEC, BARC chiefs knew about #OperationShakti.
Even the Defence Min was informed about it only 2 days prior.
10/16
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11/16
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"India is now a nuclear weapons state."
"We have the capacity for a big bomb now. Ours will never be weapons of aggression."
13/16
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