Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) (Main contractor)
Controlled by
Strategic Plans Division Force (Security contractor)
Open to the public
No
Status
Active
Defining authority
Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP)
Site history
Built
1976 (1976)
Built by
Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers
In use
1976–present
Test information
Subcritical tests
N/A
Nuclear tests
6
Thermonuclear tests
6
The Ras Koh Range: i [1][2] (popularized as Ras Koh Test Site: 270 [3][4]) is a granite mountain range and a reservation of the Ministry of Defense located between the districts of Chagai and Kharan of Balochistan in Pakistan.: 53 [5]: 183
The site was acquired as Ministry of Defense (MoD) range to conduct testing of nuclear devices, and it covers mostly desert and mountainous terrain.: 183 [3] Since 1998, only six nuclear testing took place when Pakistan put a unilateral moratorium on a full-scale testing.[6]
The site is managed and operated by the civilian contractors under contract with the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) overseeing its management and operations while the Strategic Plans Division Force oversees its security on behalf of the National Command Authority (NCA).: 183 [3]
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^Bakr, M. Abu (1964). Geology of the Western Ras Koh Range: Chagai and Kharan Districts, Quetta and Kalat Divisions, West Pakistan. Manager of Publications. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ abcKhan, Feroz (7 November 2012). Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-8480-1. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^Cite error: The named reference FAS, Ras Koh Range. was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Hseham, Amrahs (6 February 2024). Cryptogram Pakistan Puzzles: The Puzzles that Sharp the Brain. Mahesh Dutt Sharma. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^Sayed, Mushahid Hussain (14 August 2022). "Stealth, conviction and the bomb". DAWN.COM. Dawn Newspapers. Dawn Newspapers. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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