Pakistan Test Nuclear Weapons On May 28 1998

In the 14 years ago, Pakistan announced it has deployed nuclear weapons test. Pakistan's action drew criticism of the international community, including the U.S. sanctions.According to BBC news station, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said in a broadcast on national television that the nuclear test took place under the ground on May 28, 1998 at 10:30 GMT in the area of ​​Baluchistan, near the border with Afghanistan. In that trial, scientists detonated five underground nuclear components.

"This is a historic day," Sharif said at the time. "God has given us the opportunity to take this step for the defense of our country that can not be negotiable. We never want to participate in the nuclear race. We have to prove to the world that we do not want to blindly accept what is dictated to us, "said Sharif in a speech to his people.

For the government of Pakistan, this trial is a response to similar tests by India two weeks ago. The neighboring countries, since 1947 until now, always hostile, even open war.

Pakistan's nuclear tests not only riled India. The international community, particularly from Western countries, also restless. The U.S. was, by President Bill Clinton, when it declared Pakistan should be penalized.

This polemic indicates that Pakistan and India have entered in the nuclear weapon states. Other countries are U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France, North Korea, and Israel.

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