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feb 13, 1960 - France tests its first nuclear weapon

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France explodes its first atomic bomb in the Sahara desert. It has a yield of 60–70 kilotons. It later moves its nuclear tests to the South Pacific. These continue up until 1996.

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feb 13, 1960
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~ 65 years ago