Various models and pit options gave nuclear yields of 8, 26, 80, 154, and 160 kilotons for Mark 6 models.
The operation was the sixth test series and consisted of 29 explosions, of which only two did not produce any nuclear yield.
The knowledge gained here would provide data to prevent nuclear yields in case of accidental detonations - for example, a plane crash.
"It could be a dangerous game of brinkmanship-threaten China with a nuclear retaliation without producing a nuclear yield."
They were afraid of creating a nuclear yield if they hit the missile with a bullet.
The nuclear yield was reported in most official documents only as being less than 20 kilotons.
The time between the first and second peaks can be used to determine its nuclear yield.
To obtain a significant nuclear yield, sufficient neutrons must be present within the supercritical core at the right time.
The nuclear yields still remains highly debatable among international scholars and the Indian science community.
The nuclear yield of this test has yet remained controversial with unclear data provided by Indian sources.