How France conducted 17 nuclear tests in Algeria which resulted to the death of 42,000 Algerians after they were exposed to the nuclear bomb - The Zambian Observer

How France conducted 17 nuclear tests in Algeria which resulted to the death of 42,000 Algerians after they were exposed to the nuclear bomb - The Zambian Observer

France conducted 17 nuclear tests in Algeria’s Sahara Desert between 1960 and 1966, at Reggane and In Ekker, including four atmospheric and 13 underground tests. The first test, “Gerboise Bleue,” on February 13, 1960, had a yield of 60–70 kilotons, roughly four times the strength of the Hiroshima bomb. These tests caused significant radioactive fallout, […] The post How France conducted 17 nuclear tests in Algeria which resulted to the death of …