Essai nucléaire

Gerboiseblanche (France)

1 avr. 1960 · Reggane Alg

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Quand
1 avr. 1960
Type
Essai nucléaire
Puissance (kt)
20
Position
Reggane Alg
Coordonnées
26.00° N, 0.09° W
Yield kt
0–20
Purpose
weapons development programme
Reported by
DOE

Gerboise Blanche

1960 weapons test in Reggane, French Algeria

Gerboise Blanche was the codename of the second French nuclear test. It was conducted by the Nuclear Experiments Operational Group (GOEN), a unit of the Joint Special Weapons Command on 1 April 1960, at the Saharan Military Experiments Centre near Reggane, French Algeria in the Sahara desert region of Tanezrouft, during the Algerian War.

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