The Insiders: Interview with K Santhanam

The "insiders" featured in this series are no ordinary people: they have held key positions of power and have been in involved in policy and decision making processes. On 11th May, 1998; the ground shook as a nuclear device detonated deep beneath the sands in Pokhran, Rajasthan. Codenamed "Operation Shakti" these tests (later referred to as POKHRAN-II) caught everyone by surprise, including the world intelligence community, especially the Americans. The Vajpayee-led government had pulled it off! India had gone nuclear. Hear the story of how these tests were planned and executed; learn about the levels of secrecy deployed by the then Prime Minister and his team working on these tests to ensure no one comes to know about them; and hear from the man who was in the bunker at the time. In an exclusive interview, Kalyani Shankar caught up with former Director, 1998 Test Site Preparations- Dr. K. Santhanam.

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