Pakistan Conducts Chagai Nuclear Tests

Pakistan detonated five nuclear devices at the Chagai Hills, Balochistan on May 28, 1998, followed by a sixth test on May 30. PM Nawaz Sharif declared Pakistan a nuclear state. The tests were met with jubilation in Pakistan and consternation internationally. South Asia formally became a nuclear-armed region, fundamentally altering the strategic calculus of any future India-Pakistan conflict.