Showing posts with label Nuclear testing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nuclear testing. Show all posts
Sunday, February 13, 2011
On this Date in 1960...
...with the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons. They promptly surrender until they realized that is was they that set it off, at which point they simply saunter away whistling nonchalantly.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
On this Date in 1951...
...Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat. France, upon hearing the news, immediately surrenders.
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