Did You Know? In 1960, France conducted its first nuclear test not on its own soil, but in the Sahara Desert of colonial Algeria. Codenamed ”Gerboise Bleue”, the test was carried out on February 13, 1960, and it marked France’s entry into the nuclear weapons club. The explosion was four times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The worst part? Thousands of Algerians were exposed to radiation, and decades later, many still suffer the consequences. Yet, France has been slow to acknow