Gerboise Blanche
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Gerboise Blanche (or Opération 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[1] 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.[2][3]
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Country | France |
Test series | Reggane series |
Test site | Reggane, French Algeria |
Coordinates | 26°09′58″N 00°06′09″W |
Date | 1 April 1960; 64 years ago (1960-04-01) |
Test type | Atmospheric |
Test altitude | 0 m |
Device type | A-bomb |
Yield | 3 kt (12.5 TJ)[lower-alpha 1] |
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