In recent months, the viability of France's nuclear arsenal has been making headlines with talk of a French "nuclear umbrella ...

France conducted nearly 200 nuclear tests in the South Pacific during the 20th century. Tahitians in the diaspora have been ...

Three atomic bombs were detonated on the Montebello Islands in the 1950s. Scientists say they've now precisely measured how ...

These included atmospheric and underground ... seek a reckoning on nuclear testing as Macron visits islands The tests remain a source of deep resentment in French Polynesia, where they are seen ...

It was here that France became a nuclear power, detonating 193 bombs between 1966 and 1996. Forty-six of these were atmospheric ... testing policy and led by MP Didier le Gac and French Polynesia ...

Nellis Air Force Base tested US nuclear weapons above ground during ... (NTS), established in 1951 for nuclear testing. On January 27, 1951, the first atmospheric nuclear test, code-named 'Able ...

The “Baker” explosion, a nuclear weapon test by the United States military, at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, on July 25, 1946. Credit: U.S. Department of Defense. It is often forgotten that ...

was part of the Nevada Proving Grounds established in 1950 and later supported the Nevada Test Site (NTS), where nuclear weapons were tested. “On January 27, 1951, the first atmospheric nuclear ...

“Johnston already has an unfortunate legacy of failed rocket launches in the 60s as part of atmospheric nuclear testing that left ... of obsolete chemical weapons filled with deadly mustard ...