The whole incident started in 1974. That year, India successfully tested its first atomic bomb in the Pokhran desert of Rajasthan in utmost secrecy. The code name for this operation was Smiling Buddha.
When the news of India's nuclear test spread around the world, the biggest shock went to their arch-rival neighboring countries Pakistan.
India's access to nuclear weapons means Pakistan's military balance is falling behind.Out of this existential crisis, Pakistan's then Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto made a historic and desperate declaration.
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He said, if necessary, the people of Pakistan will live on grass, starve, yet they will develop a nuclear bomb for their own defense. Pakistan was born out of this insistencesecret nuclear project.
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Dr. Abdul Qadir Khan, a talented Pakistani nuclear scientist working in the Netherlands, came forward to realize this dream.
He secretly returned to Pakistan after stealing highly sensitive technology and designs for uranium enrichment while working there.
It was under his leadership that Kahuta Research was established in utmost secrecy in a remote hilly area called Kahuta near Rawalpindi.Laboratories.
The place was so protected that it was declared a no-fly zone, completely banning any type of aircraft or helicopter from flying over it.
Kahuta literally became an impregnable fortress under the heavy guard of the military's elite commandos and Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI.
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But despite so much caution and secrecy, one thing could not be avoided. Suddenly in a common and unpopular area like Kahuta Such strict surveillance by the army, complete ban on access to the common people and movement of huge equipments has drawn the attention of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of India's foreign intelligence agency.
The head of the K.Shantook realizes that something suspicious is happening in the hilly area near Rawalpindi. He ordered his best agents stationed in Pakistan to kill at any cost To bring out the truth of what is going on inside.
But the task was almost impossible. There was no way to penetrate the factory's three borders, let alone sneak a spy inside or steal any documents from inside the Kahuta's security ring.
With all direct access to the factory blocked off, Raw's tukhor agents thought of a very different route. It is perhaps one of the most innovative techniques in the history of intelligence scholarship.They could not enter the factory and began to monitor the life outside the factory.
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After days of close observation, the detectives noticed a strange but very common thing. They observed that scientists working in Kahuta's laboratory go to a particular salon outside the laboratory on holidays or free time to have their hair cut. Wow, where does it go!
Not some fancy James Bond-branded gadget, but this simple one They chose the saloon as their main center of operations.
Agents of RAW contacted the barber of the salon undercover. By showing the greed of big amount of money, they very easily recruited that barber into their group.
From then on, a novel work began. Whenever scientists came to that salon for a haircut, the barber did not throw their hair in the dustbin.
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Collect that hair very carefully and put it in a secret waywould have been in the hands of Raw's agents. The hairs were then smuggled in diplomatic bags or through some other secret means to laboratories in India itself.
You might be thinking, what about a little hair? According to science, the fine radioactivity or radiation in the air while working in nuclear reactors is easily absorbed by human hair.
When the scientists' hair was tested in an Indian laboratory, weapons-grade uranium orThere is clear evidence of deadly radioactivity suitable for making nuclear weapons.
This was the irrefutable proof by which India was convinced that Pakistan was not a power plant at Kahuta, but a direct nuclear bomb.
After this sensational evidence came to hand, the Indian military and political circles started a commotion.
Indian policy makers understand that once Pakistan develops a nuclear bomb, that is itwill be a permanent threat to India's security.
So a very secretive plan to destroy the Kahuta nuclear reactor by airstrikes began.
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According to various unsupported historical sources, India was not alone in this plan. Israel's intelligence agency Mossad was also very worried about this possible Islamic bomb in Pakistan.
They offered to provide all logistical support to India in this attack Just like they did in 1981 when they attacked the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq and destroyed it.
Just when the Blue-print or design of Kahuta's interior was almost assembled and preparations for the attack were nearing the final stage, the most tragic and unexpected event in history occurred.
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The year is 1977. After the end of the Emergency in India, the political landscape changed and India won the elections Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister.
Morarji Desai was personally an extreme pacifist and strongly opposed such covert activities of intelligence agencies within neighboring countries.
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Once in power, he drastically reduced the budget and powers of the RAW. On the other hand, he developed a good personal relationship with the then military ruler of Pakistan, President General Ziaul Haque.
They are often on the telephone with each other He used to exchange skills. In one such cordial phone conversation, General Zia astutely claimed that Pakistan was in no way building nuclear bombs, that these were mere rumours.
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Hearing this, Prime Minister Morarji Desai suddenly could not contain his pride. He haughtily told General Zia, General, don't you try to hide from me.
But we all know what you are doing secretly in Kahuta. We have all the evidence of making atomic bombs!
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That single sentence that slipped out of Desai's mouth changed the entire scenario forever. General Ziaul Haque was not a stupid man.
He realizes in no time that Kahuta's impenetrable security ring has been cracked and Indian intelligence is working very actively on their soil.
As soon as he got off the phone, he put the ISI and the military on high alert Ordered to stay.
A brutal and bloody counter intelligence operation begins. A combing operation was carried out across Pakistan overnight.
The security of Kahuta was taken to such an extent that there was no way to swallow a fly.
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The RAW agents who gave up the illusion of their lives and kept in touch with the barber of that salon day after day and brought out such a huge piece of information, got caught in the ISI's net. their Indescribable physical torture was carried out on him.
Many were killed, many were never found again. Because of that one mistake by Desai, the entire intelligence network that RAW had built over the years in Pakistan crumbled like a house of cards.
India was never able to carry out the planned airstrike at Kahuta. As a result, Pakistan continued its nuclear bomb development unabated and later successfully Emerges as a nuclear power nation.
On Wednesday 1 July 1998 at 11:16 am, reporters and journalists from international news media agencies were granted permission to tour and visit Ras Code Test Center located in Ras Koh Mountain Area, Chagai District, Balochistan State, Pakistan for the first time.
At this time the reporters and journalists of the international news media agencies are fullToured the area and interviewed Pakistan Army and Pakistan Armed Forces (PAF) and nuclear scientists.
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