In three decades, France carried out 193 nuclear tests in the region, and 41 of those were above-ground. Above-ground – also known as atmospheric – testing is believed to be more dangerous to ...

France's history of nuclear tests. Chirac's June 1995 announcement, followed by the first new detonation in September that year, provoked intense opposition from environmental and peace groups ...

Between 1966 and 1996, France conducted nearly 200 nuclear "tests" on the atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa, spreading radiation into the ocean and the atmosphere. Now, activist and politician Hina ...

Nine countries currently either say they have nuclear weapons or are believed to possess them. The five original nuclear weapons states are the United States, Russia, China, France and the United ...

On January 27, 1996, France conducted Xouthos, its 210th and final live nuclear test, detonating a thermonuclear warhead beneath the Fangataufa lagoon in the southern Pacific Ocean.

France conducted 193 nuclear tests in French Polynesia, leaving the islanders to live with the legacy. We meet one man who is ...

On November 18, 2023, over the Bay of Biscay, France successfully launched the latest unarmed version of the three-stage M51.3 strategic ballistic missile that carries the country's submarine ...

A look at nuclear explosive tests since 1945. ... However, France conducted its last atmospheric test in 1974, China in 1980. Atmospheric tests could be devices detonated on the ground, ...

Three decades after France’s last nuclear tests, those living near the test sites still await compensation for the harms caused.

In three decades, France carried out 193 nuclear tests in the region, and 41 of those were above-ground. Above-ground – also known as atmospheric – testing is believed to be more dangerous to ...

France’s history of nuclear tests. Chirac’s June 1995 announcement, followed by the first new detonation in September that year, provoked intense opposition from environmental and peace groups ...