9 min listen
Pakistan's First Nuclear Test
FromWitness History
ratings:
Length:
9 minutes
Released:
May 26, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In May 1998 Pakistan courted international criticism after it responded to an Indian nuclear test, with an explosion of its own. In 2011 Rob Walker spoke to Dr Samar Mubarakmand who organised the test on the Pakistani side.Photo: Pakistan nuclear scientist Dr. Samar Mubarakmand (right) alongside Dr. Ishfaq Ahmed and Minister of Information Mushahid Hussain, in front of the hill under which Pakistan conducted its nuclear tests in May 1998 (SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Released:
May 26, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Race Riots in Liverpool: In 1981 police used CS gas for the first time in mainland Britain to control race riots by Witness History