(DEFENCE SECURITY ASIA) — Unverified reports emerging from Indian media outlets and amplified by social media chatter suggest that India may have executed a high-stakes precision strike using cruise missiles on Kirana Hills, a site long suspected to house elements of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons infrastructure.
The allegations, though unconfirmed, claim that New Delhi’s air offensive under “Operation Sindoor” targeted nuclear-sensitive facilities, allegedly triggering a radioactive leak so severe that it compelled Islamabad to accept a ceasefire.
Despite the intensity of the rumours, no official confirmation has been issued by either the Government of Pakistan or international watchdogs like the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding any incident at Kirana Hills.
Kirana Hills, nestled within the military-heavy Sargodha region, has long been cloaked in secrecy and is believed to contain underground storage or experimental facilities critical to Pakistan’s nuclear deterrent.
The site holds historical significance as the venue for sub-critical nuclear tests, also referred to as “cold tests,” carried out by Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan and his team at Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) throughout the 1980s and early 1990s—years before the 1998 Chagai detonations brought Pakistan into the nuclear club.
These tests, designed to validate implosion mechanisms and nuclear triggering systems without producing actual yield, were instrumental in validating the country’s early atomic weapons architecture.
Kirana’s geography—isolated, rugged, and far from population centers—made it an ideal site for clandestine nuclear research and testing, shielded under layers of military and intelligence protection, including oversight from ISI and military intelligence units.
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