Pokhran
- Country: India
- Role: Weapons Test
- Status: Decommissioned
- Year: 1974
Overview
Test range in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan where India carried out its first nuclear explosion, Smiling Buddha, in May 1974. In May 1998 the Operation Shakti series of five tests made India a declared nuclear weapons state. The range is still used by the army for conventional weapons trials.
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