February 13,1960 – Gerboise Bleue : First French nuclear test
February 13,1960 – France becomes the fourth country in the world to detonate a nuclear weapon. The 70-kt bomb, codenamed Gerboise Bleue, is set off in the North African desert (Reggane, French Algeria in the Sahara desert region of Tanezrouft, during the Algerian War ) Gerboise Bleue Gerboise is the French word for jerboa, a desert rodent found in…
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