>French atmospheric nuclear test, Moruroa Atoll, French Polynesia 3 July 1970 (914kT):
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>http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/7937/3july1970licornenuclear.jpg
>http://www.seanbuckley.ca/blog/2007/11/26/the-licorne-nuclear-test/
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>There are some videos of tests on YouTube e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p9wcQ7Nfek

That the French still detonated nuclear weapons in the open air in 1970 is extraordinary. Truly they have no shame. What other country could have got away with

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior

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