What was the response of the international community after the two Asian countries-India and Pakistan conducted the Nuclear Tests in 1998?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option 1 - Sanctions were imposed on both countries.
India conducted a series of nuclear tests in May 1998, demonstrating its capacity to use nuclear energy for military purposes. Pakistan soon followed, thereby increasing the vulnerability of the region to a nuclear exchange. The international community was extremely critical of the nuclear tests in the subcontinent and sanctions were imposed on both India and Pakistan, which were subsequently waived.