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1971–74 French Nuclear Tests
France carried out a series of 24 nuclear tests from 1971–1974 These tests followed the 1966–1970 French nuclear tests series and preceded the 1975–1978 French nuclear tests. Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:1971-74 French nuclear tests French nuclear weapons testing 1971 in France 1972 in France 1973 in France 1974 in France 1971 in the French colonial empire 1972 in the French colonial empire 1973 in the French colonial empire 1974 in the French colonial empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966–70 French Nuclear Tests
The France's 1966–1970 nuclear test series was a group of 22 nuclear test Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine nuclear weapons' effectiveness, Nuclear weapon yield, yield, and explosive capability. Testing nuclear weapons offers practical information about how the weapons function, how detona ...s conducted in 1966–1970. These tests followed the '' In Ekker series, French nuclear tests'' series and preceded the '' 1971–1974 French nuclear tests'' series. References {{DEFAULTSORT:1966-70 French nuclear tests 1966 in France 1967 in France 1968 in France 1969 in France 1970 in France French nuclear weapons testing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AN-52 Bomb
The AN-52 was a French pre-strategic nuclear weapon carried by fighter bomber aircraft. The weapon was first tested on 28 August 1972, and entered service in October of that year. Between 80 and 100 bombs were manufactured for use by French tactical aircraft. Description The AN-52 was 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) long and weighed 455 kg (1,003 lb). It shared the MR 50 CTC (''charge tactique commune'' - common tactical warhead) warhead of the Pluton missile, with two yield options: a low-yield version with an explosive yield of 6 to 8 kilotons and a higher-yield version with a 25 kt yield. Operational use It was carried by Dassault Mirage IIIE, SEPECAT Jaguar A, and Dassault Super Étendard Dassault Group (; also GIM Dassault or Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault SAS) is a French group of companies established in 1929 with the creation of Société des Avions Marcel Bloch (now Dassault Aviation) by Marcel Dassault, and led by son ... aircraft. It was als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 In The French Colonial Empire
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 In The French Colonial Empire
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom '' All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 In France
Events from the year 1974 in France. Incumbents * President: ** until 2 April: Georges Pompidou ** 2 April-27 May: Alain Poher ** starting 27 May: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing * Prime Minister: Pierre Messmer (until 27 May), Jacques Chirac (starting 27 May) Events *1 March – Pierre Messmer finishes his first term as Prime Minister of France. *3 March – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes into the Ermenville Forest just outside Senlis killing all 346 on board. *8 March – Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris. *2 April – President Georges Pompidou dies in office. Senate President Alain Poher becomes Acting President for the second time. *7 August – French acrobat Philippe Petit walks across a high wire slung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. *28 August – The Citroen CX, top model in the Citroen range, is launched – succeeding the 19-year-old DS. It is voted European Car of the Year. *12 September – The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 In France
Events from the year 1973 in France. Incumbents * President: Georges Pompidou * Prime Minister: Pierre Messmer Events *4 March – Legislative Election held. *11 March – Legislative Election held. *3 June – A Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic aircraft crashes at the Paris air show; 14 are killed. *11 July – Varig Flight 820 Boeing 707 crashes near Orly Airport, Paris, resulting in 123 deaths, with 11 survivors. *20 July – France resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll, over the protests of Australia and New Zealand. *23 September – Cantonales Elections held. *30 September – Cantonales Elections held. Births January to March *11 January – Christophe Medaillon, soccer player *12 January – Olivier Peslier, jockey *15 January – Aurelie Dupont, ballet dancer *19 January – Karen Lancaume, adult film star (died 2005) *26 January – Melvil Poupaud, actor *29 January – Fabien Foret, motorcycle racer *30 January – Olivier Marceau, triathlete *6 February – à ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 In France
Events from the year 1972 in France. Incumbents * President: Georges Pompidou * Prime Minister: Jacques Chaban-Delmas (until 5 July), Pierre Messmer (starting 6 July) Events *January - Launch of the Renault 5, one of the world's first small hatchbacks. *23 April - French European Economic Community enlargement referendum, voters approved the accession of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, and Norway to the EEC. *16 June - 108 die as two passenger trains hit debris of a collapsed railway tunnel near Soissons. *1 July - Canadian ketch ''Vega'', flying the Greenpeace III banner, collides with the French naval minesweeper ''La Paimpolaise'' while in international waters to protest French nuclear weapon tests in the South Pacific. *5 July - President Pompidou dismisses prime minister Chaban-Delmas following rumours of financial misdoing. *October - The Peugeot 104, the smallest four-door car in the world, is launched. *28 October - The first flight of the Airbus A300, the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 In France
Events from the year 1971 in France. Incumbents * President: Georges Pompidou * Prime Minister: Jacques Chaban-Delmas Events *14 March – Municipal elections held. *21 March – Municipal elections held. *3 July – American singer Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, dies from a heart attack in the bathtub of his Paris hotel room. He was 27 years old. *3 September – Four Power Agreement on Berlin is signed. *10 December – Renault unveils its new R5 model, a small three-door hatchback similar in concept to the recently launched Italian Fiat 127, which will go on sale in the new year. Births January to March *4 January – Sébastien Foucras, freestyle skier and Olympic medallist *17 January – Sylvie Testud, actress, writer and director *20 January – Catherine Marsal, road racing cyclist *2 February ** Ludovic Auger, cyclist ** Stéphane Pédron, soccer player *5 February – Michel Breistroff, NHL ice hockey player (d. 1996) *7 February – Emmanuel Curtil, acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Nuclear Weapons Testing
France is one of the five "Nuclear Weapons States" under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, but is not known to possess or develop any chemical or biological weapons. France was the fourth country to test an independently developed nuclear weapon, doing so in 1960 under the government of Charles de Gaulle. The French military is currently thought to retain a weapons stockpile of around 300 operational (deployed) nuclear warheads, making it the third-largest in the world, speaking in terms of warheads, not megatons. The weapons are part of the national ''Force de frappe'', developed in the late 1950s and 1960s to give France the ability to distance itself from NATO while having a means of nuclear deterrence under sovereign control. France did not sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which gave it the option to conduct further nuclear tests until it signed and ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996 and 1998 respectively. France denies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SEPECAT Jaguar
The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French jet attack aircraft originally used by the British Royal Air Force and the French Air Force in the close air support and nuclear strike role. It is still in service with the Indian Air Force. Originally conceived in the 1960s as a jet trainer with a light ground attack capability, the requirement for the aircraft soon changed to include supersonic performance, reconnaissance and tactical nuclear strike roles. A carrier-based variant was also planned for French Navy service, but this was cancelled in favour of the cheaper, fully French-built Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard. The aircraft were manufactured by SEPECAT (Société Européenne de Production de l'avion Ecole de Combat et d'Appui Tactique), a joint venture between Breguet and the British Aircraft Corporation, one of the first major joint Anglo-French military aircraft programmes. The Jaguar was exported to India, Oman, Ecuador and Nigeria. The aircraft was used in numerous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TN 80
TN 80 was deployed between 1985 and 1991 as the warhead of the ASMP air-to-surface missile carried by the Dassault Dassault Group (; also GIM Dassault or Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault SAS) is a French group of companies established in 1929 with the creation of Société des Avions Marcel Bloch (now Dassault Aviation) by Marcel Dassault, and led by son Ser ... Mirage IVP bomber. The yield was 300 kt, and it was hardened against nuclear defense missiles. References *Norris, Robert, Burrows, Andrew, Fieldhouse, Richard "Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume V, British, French and Chinese Nuclear Weapons, San Francisco, Westview Press, 1994, {{French nuclear missiles Nuclear warheads of France Military equipment introduced in the 1980s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
