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bad math[edit]

how is 22 kt one-third of 70 kt?

20kt[edit]

i don't know why someone told the bomb was 20kt while it was actually 70kt. you jealous! :) i have corrected it though Cliché Online 01:10, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

french nuclear tests[edit]

more infos to translate are available at fr:Essais nucléaires français.

full report[edit]

[1] Cliché Online 01:27, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

translation chart[edit]

Synthesis of the aerial tests: this official chart has every infos needed. it only needs to be translated in english, i dunno if i'll get time to do it myself. Cliché Online 02:25, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

archive videos[edit]

national audiovisual institute including exclusive video at ground zero and never seen before rushes of anti-saharian nuclear tests/pro independence FLN protesters in new york!! as well as the infamous B2-Namous top secret base used to develop chimical warfare. i will make screenshots! :) Cliché Online 10:23, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

woohoohoo! found a crazy archive of an atomic attack simulation with aircrafts and everything! :)

here "EN CAS DE MALHEUR" Cliché Online 11:25, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Minor cleeanup[edit]

I fixed some grammar errors and style inconsistencies.

The original author was not a native anglophone (though with excellent English ability) causing some grammar and usage errors, and a sentence style sometimes not optimal English. (Run-on sentences, several of which I broke up.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rrostrom (talk • contribs) 23:24, 12 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

tricolor[edit]

The article states (without reference) that the tests were named for the French tricolor. But later in the article it is disclosed that there were actually 4 tests, the fourth being "Green" , and having nothing to do with the tricolor. Perhaps it's true that that was the original ratioanle, but it'd be nice to see some supporting references. Isarig 02:16, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed this statement from the article. I have not come across any reference to the tricolor in my research, and as the contributor cites no source, I'm assuming this was speculation. Oh358chang 11:42, 09 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008[edit]

Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 18:10, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]