Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1969Vol. 40, No. 10

"H" tests

p. 60 · Read in the full issue

Page 6060

French to re-start "H" tests

France will re-start hydrogen bomb tests at its remote test ing centre in the Gambier Atolls of French Polynesia about June next year.

About SAS4 million has been allocated in the current French budget for the tests, the first since September, 1968.

Severe credit restrictions in France prevented tests this year.

The tests are aimed at developing a hydrogen bomb small enough for Polaris-type missiles to equip France’s pro posed nuclear submarines in the 70’s.

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