Nuclear explosion Gerboise Verte data

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Country
France
Operation
1960
Date
1961-04-25
Yield
0.5 kT

France - 1960 - Gerboise Verte

Green Gerbil -an intentionally low yield scuttle of a bomb to prevent it from falling into the hands of mutineers during the Revolt of the Generals set in motion three days earlier by General Maurice Challe.


Base info

France - Year 1960 - 0.5 kT out of 79 kT

0.6%

Raggane PG - 0.5 kT out of 79 kT

0.6%

French Algeria (CEMO) - 0.5 kT out of 79 kT

0.6%


Raggane PG French Algeria (CEMO) Map