February 13, 1960 –
France conducted its first nuclear test, code-named ‘Gerboise Bleue‘ (Blue Desert Rat). The day marked the beginning of a series of four atmospheric nuclear tests at the Reganne Oasis, in the Sahara Desert of Algeria.
The test also sets France on the path to building the country’s nuclear capacity, acquiring nuclear aircraft, missiles and submarines. France is happy to remind it’s neighbor, Germany, that she has the bomb and Germany does not.
And so it goes
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