Gerboise Bleue | |
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Information | |
Country | ![]() |
Test series | Reggane series |
Test site | Reggane, French Algeria |
Coordinates | 26°18′42″N 00°03′26″W / 26.31167°N 0.05722°W |
Date | 13 February 1960 |
Test type | Atmospheric |
Test altitude | 100 m |
Device type | A-bomb |
Yield | 70 kt (292.88 TJ)[a] |
Test chronology | |
Gerboise Bleue (French: [ʒɛʁbwaz blø]; lit. 'Blue Jerboa') was the codename of the first French nuclear test. It was conducted by the Nuclear Experiments Operational Group (GOEN), a unit of the Joint Special Weapons Command[1] on 13 February 1960, at the Saharan Military Experiments Centre near Reggane, French Algeria in the Sahara desert region of the Tanezrouft, during the Algerian War.[2][3] General Pierre Marie Gallois was instrumental in the endeavour, and earned the nickname of père de la bombe A ("father of the A-bomb").
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