Nuclear, missile & space forces

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

Dossiers

Actions in time order, by government

1. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 19 Mar 1998 to 22 May 2004

   BJP NDA government

   • ImplementedBJP11 May 1998

     Pokhran-II nuclear tests and declared doctrine

     In May 1998 India conducted five underground nuclear tests, declared a voluntary test moratorium and a no-first-use posture, and faced international sanctions that were lifted by 2001.

     Evidence points +6.0 (range +4.0 to +8.0)