Nuclear test

Agate (nuclear test)

7 Nov 1961 · 24.06° N, 5.05° E

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When
7 Nov 1961
Kind
Nuclear test
Coordinates
24.06° N, 5.05° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Agate (essai nucléaire).

Summary

Agate est le cinquième essai nucléaire et le premier essai nucléaire souterrain de la France. D'une puissance de , il a eu lieu à In Ecker, au nord de Tamanrasset, dans le Sahara français. L'explosion fut parfaitement confinée à l'intérieur de la galerie creusée dans la montagne du Taourirt Tan Afella au sein du massif du hoggar.

Agate (nuclear test)

1961 weapons test in In Ekker, French Algeria

Agate was the codename of the first French nuclear underground test. It was conducted by the Joint Special Weapons Command on 7 November 1961, at the Oasis Military Experiments Centre near In Ekker, French Algeria at the Tan Afella in the Hoggar Mountains, during the Algerian War.

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