Gerboise Bleue (French: [ʒɛʁbwaz blø]; lit. 'Blue Jerboa') was the codename of the first French nuclear test. It was conducted by the Nuclear Experiments...
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Gerboise bleue is a 2009 documentary film. Between 1960 and 1966, France carried out four atmospheric nuclear tests and another thirteen underground tests...
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Gerboise Blanche (or Opération Gerboise Blanche) was the codename of the second French nuclear test. It was conducted by the Nuclear Experiments Operational...
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to test a hydrogen bomb provoked the People's Republic of China to conduct a full scale hydrogen bomb test of its own on 17 June 1967. Gerboise Bleue (French...
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as an atmospheric test. This was the fourth French nuclear atmospheric test, after Gerboise Bleue, Gerboise Blanche, and Gerboise Rouge. In 1957, the...
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January 2007. Gerboise Bleue (French first atmospheric A-bomb) Canopus (French first atmospheric H-bomb) Force de Frappe List of states with nuclear weapons...
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of a replacement to the current system. France tested its first nuclear weapon in 1960 ("Gerboise Bleue"), based mostly on its own research. It was motivated...
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Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance, yield, and effects of nuclear weapons and have resulted until 2020 in...
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was the 3rd French nuclear test, after Gerboise Bleue and Gerboise Blanche, completing the colors of the French flag. During this test, the army carried...
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Polynesia. Often skipped in lists are the 5 safety tests at Adrar Tikertine in Algeria. Operation Gerboise bleue, February 13, 1960 (first atomic bomb) and three...
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