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Gerboise Bleue (French: [ʒɛʁbwaz blø]; lit. ' Blue Jerboa ') was the codename of the first French nuclear test.It was conducted by the Nuclear Experiments Operational Group (GOEN), a unit of the Joint Special Weapons Command [1] on 13 February 1960, at the Saharan Military Experiments Centre near Reggane, French Algeria in the Sahara desert region of the Tanezrouft, during the Algerian War.
France's nuclear testing series summary Series or years Years covered Tests [Summ 1] Devices fired Devices with unknown yield Peaceful use tests Non-PTBT tests [Summ 2] Yield range [Summ 3] Total yield (kilotons) [Summ 4] Notes Reggane: 1960 4: 4: 4: 1 to 70 78: In Ekker: 1961–1966 13: 13: 4: 0 to 127 286: 1966–1970: 1966–1970 22: 22: 22 ...
France; Nuclear program start date: 26 December 1954: First nuclear weapon test: February 13, 1960: First thermonuclear weapon test: August 24, 1968: Last nuclear test: January 27, 1996: Largest yield test: 2.6 Mt (August 24, 1968) Total tests: 210: Peak stockpile: 540 (1992) Current stockpile: 290 warheads (2023) [1] Current strategic arsenal ...
Canopus (or Opération Canopus) was the codename of the first French two-stage thermonuclear test. It was conducted by the Pacific Carrier Battle Group (nicknamed Alfa Force) on 24 August 1968, at the Pacific Experiments Centre near Fangataufa atoll, French Polynesia. [1]
During the 1958 moratorium on nuclear testing, a number of sub-critical tests were performed underground to learn more about the dynamics of explosions and the metallurgy of plutonium. The US's first nuclear weapons lab, founded in the Manhattan Project in high secrecy. Tech Area 49 is an open area south of the lab, where zero-yield tests were ...
Here's a sneak peak of what would happen to Times Square: The visualization relies on data from Stevens Institute of Technology professor Alex Wallerstein, who created a "Nuke Map" to measure the ...
On July 2, 1966, the first aerial nuclear test took place on Moruroa atoll in French Polynesia. Two years later, on August 24, 1968, the first H-bomb test took place on the Fangataufa atoll, codenamed Operation Canopus. A total of 46 aerial nuclear tests were carried out in Polynesia, using a variety of techniques: barge testing; tethered ...
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