Caption: "A set of dummies propped up in the Sahara Desert awaiting an atomic bomb explosion during the French nuclear testing, 1960." The French Reggane nuclear test series was a group of 4 nuclear tests conducted in 1960-1961 during the Algerian War. Ge

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Caption: "A set of dummies propped up in the Sahara Desert awaiting an atomic bomb explosion during the French nuclear testing, 1960." The French Reggane nuclear test series was a group of 4 nuclear tests conducted in 1960-1961 during the Algerian War. Gerboise Rouge was the name of the third atomic bomb detonated in the middle of the Algerian Sahara desert on December 27, 1960. General Pierre Marie Gallois was instrumental in the endeavor, and earned the nickname of père de la bombe A (father of the A-bomb).

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