France's Nuclear Umbrella Debate
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France's final nuclear tests in the South Pacific, 30 years on
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In 1995 , French President Jacques Chirac announced that France would resume testing nuclear weapons in the South Pacific .
He said it would enable France to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty (CTBT) banning all nuclear explosions by the fall of 1996 .
In 1966 , France 's nuclear testing program relocated to Ma'hui Nui , colonially known as " French Polynesia " The next 26 years saw a further 187 French nuclear and thermonuclear detonations.
In January 1996 , France conducted its last nuclear test by detonating a 120 -kiloton bomb underground in the South Pacific .
In September , France added its signature to the CTBT , joining the United States , Russia , the United Kingdom , China and 66 other states without nuclear weapons in their commitment not to engage in further nuclear explosions in any context.
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