What the records say
- When
- 25 Apr 1961
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Yield (kt)
- 20
- Where
- Reggane Alg
- Coordinates
- 26.00° N, 0.10° W
- Yield kt
- 0–20
- Type
- tower
- Purpose
- weapons development programme
- Reported by
- DOE
Gerboise Verte
1961 atmospheric nuclear weapons test in Reggane, French Algeria
Gerboise Verte is the codename for a French nuclear test conducted on 25 April 1961. The test took place at the Centre Saharien d'Expérimentations Militaires (CSEM), 50 km south of Reggane, Algeria, then a French department and was designed as an atmospheric test. This was the fourth French nuclear atmospheric test, after Gerboise Bleue, Gerboise Blanche, and Gerboise Rouge.
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- Nuclear explosions 1945–1998SIPRI / FOA, via TidyTuesdayNo licence stated
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- Gerboise Rouge (France)27 Dec 1960 · Nuclear test · Yield (kt) 20
- Gerboiseblanche (France)1 Apr 1960 · Nuclear test · Yield (kt) 20
- Gerboise blanche, nom de code du second essai nucléaire français tiré au Centre saharien d’expérimentation militaire (CESM) de Reggane, en Algérie française1 Apr 1960 · Nuclear test
- Gerboise Bleue (France)13 Feb 1960 · Nuclear test · Yield (kt) 200
- la France procède à son troisième tir nucléaire; "Gerboise rouge", à Reggane au Sahara27 Dec 1960 · Nuclear test
- December 1960 demonstrations in Algeria11 Dec 1960 · Protest
- Challe PlanFeb 1959 · Military operation