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  |name                = Tai-Me Test <br /><small>Sleeping Buddha</small>
  |name                = Tai-Me Test <br /><small>Sleeping Buddha</small>
  |country            = [[Jerku]]
  |country            = [[Jerku]]
  |test_site          = [[Tai-Me|Tai-Me Test Zone]]
  |test_site          = [[Tai-Me Test Zone]]
  |period              = 26 March 1975, 7:35 a.m.
  |period              = 26 March 1975, 7:35 a.m.
  |number_of_tests    = 1
  |number_of_tests    = 1
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'''Sleeping Buddha''' (Government codename: '''Li-Ho''') was the assigned code name of Jerku first and only successful nuclear bomb test on 26 March 1975. The bomb was detonated on the army base [[Tai-Me Test Zone]], in the region known as Western Mountainous area of Jerku, by the Jerkuan's People Army under the supervision of several major Jerkuan generals.
''Li-Ho'' was officially announced that it was a co-project between the then Socialist Republic of [[Jerku]] and the [[Beleroskov]] communist government. The Jerkuan government were economy were still struggling but was experiencing a steady growth due to the "[[Renovation]]" reforms, this add more to the fact that country was paranoid due to its rising economy and founding of many natural resources, the government decided to fund the nuclear project.

Latest revision as of 12:57, 1 March 2021

Tai-Me Test
Sleeping Buddha
Information
CountryJerku
Test siteTai-Me Test Zone
Period26 March 1975, 7:35 a.m.
Number of tests1
Test typeUnderground nuclear weapons testing
Device typeFission
Max. yield10 kilotons of TNT (42 TJ)

Sleeping Buddha (Government codename: Li-Ho) was the assigned code name of Jerku first and only successful nuclear bomb test on 26 March 1975. The bomb was detonated on the army base Tai-Me Test Zone, in the region known as Western Mountainous area of Jerku, by the Jerkuan's People Army under the supervision of several major Jerkuan generals.

Li-Ho was officially announced that it was a co-project between the then Socialist Republic of Jerku and the Beleroskov communist government. The Jerkuan government were economy were still struggling but was experiencing a steady growth due to the "Renovation" reforms, this add more to the fact that country was paranoid due to its rising economy and founding of many natural resources, the government decided to fund the nuclear project.