French Nuclear Test "Aldeberan"

[CrazedNovaProduction]

looks like a tornado at 0:29

[ImperatorDerGalaxis]

One day in the near future every one shall have them and then our descendants will be all fucked because we did not stop others from getting them.

[EnvelTheTrader]

@ImperatorDerGalaxis what gives u the authority to tell other countries what they can or cannot do?

[bombcat91]

@EnvelTheTrader Surely the Supreme Council of the fictional galaxy in which it is the emperor.

[jekke1980]

Better France having them instead of Iran.

[Fridomfry]

... to say the least ! You surely remember that the French and Israeli developed their nuclear deterrence programs in close cooperation, until 1967.

[EnvelTheTrader]

@jekke1980 wrong. better iran having them than france or israel. and better anyone but usa.

[alpacks]

no thermonuclear, france have been testing her first thermonuclear weapon in 1968 ...

this test is in 1966, just classical plutonium or uranium fission stage

but france was developped doped fission stage before thermonuclear 2 stages bomb

with plutonium doped tritium bomb, is a most powerfull medium nuclear weapon between trinity model and 2 stage fission-fusion

but doped bomb is not 20-30 kT ... but rather 100-200-500 kt

[alpacks]

strange, there was 2 very powerful flash, the first normal has detonation, but a second during the rise of the mushroom, it is normal? the camera which made this effect? I do not imagine that they have 30 kt be able to make an A-bomb 2 hearts which detonate separately

[gkyy3c]

isnt that termonuclear ?

[RoboCorpse3000]

@alpacks It's just a film artifact due to crappy quality. If the film were restored I'm sure the extra "flash" would probably go away.

[Noodlehorn]

This was not only 28 kilotons.

[CapriFire101]

Sure, it was! (30 kt to be exactly)