What the records say
- When
- 25 Apr 1961
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Coordinates
- 26.32° N, 0.07° W
- Description
- opération gerboise verte, dernier essai nucléaire français atmosphérique tiré à Reggane en Algérie.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Gerboise verte.
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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- Gerboise Bleue (France)13 Feb 1960 · Nuclear test · Yield (kt) 200
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- Gerboiseblanche (France)1 Apr 1960 · Nuclear test · Yield (kt) 20
- Gerboise Rouge (France)27 Dec 1960 · Nuclear test · Yield (kt) 20
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