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Gerboise Verte
| Gerboise Verte | |
|---|---|
  Location of the test site | |
| Information | |
| Country |  France |
| Test series | Reggane series |
| Test site | Reggane, French Algeria |
| Coordinates | 26°19′18″N 0°04′24″W / 26.32167°N 0.07333°W |
| Date | 25 April 1961 |
| Test type | Atmospheric |
| Test altitude | 50 m |
| Device type | A-bomb |
| Yield | 0.7–1.2 kt |
| Test chronology | |
Gerboise Verte (French pronunciation: [ʒɛʁbwaz vɛʁt]; lit. 'Green Jerboa') is the codename for a French nuclear test conducted on 25 April 1961. The test took place at the Centre Saharien d'Expérimentations Militaires (CSEM), 50 km south of Reggane, Algeria, then a French department and was designed as an atmospheric test. This was the fourth French nuclear atmospheric test, after Gerboise Bleue, Gerboise Blanche, and Gerboise Rouge.
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