French nuclear test Gerboise Rouge, 1960
French nuclear test Gerboise Rouge, footage of preparations, detonation, and observations and investigations. The Gerboise Rouge ('Red Gerbil') nuclear weapons test was conducted by France, and took place on 27 December 1960, near Reggane, in the Algerian Sahara. It was the third of the four nuclear tests carried out by France (the Reggane series) in 1960 and 1961. This atomic bomb, mounted on a tower before detonation, had a yield of three kilotons.