In May 1998, India successfully conducted a second nuclear test overcoming the challenges of detection from American Spy satellites.
The project was named Shakti and led by the then
DRDO Chief APJ Abdul Kalam.
India's access to state-of-the-art satellites helped greatly in planning the Pokhran tests.
These satellites gave India the pivotal information on what could and couldn't be seen. Using this, they would work at the test site on at night so as to avoid being captured on camera.
Moreover, in locations where holes were dug, sand was aligned towards the direction of the wind. This prevented suspicion since unaligned sand could have signalled activity.
The people involved in the tests also used code names to counter ClA's spying on communication lines. Some of the code words used then were - White House, whiskey and even Taj Mahal.
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