| Agate | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Agathe_heure_h.png) Béryl's explosion in the Hoggar Mountains (1962). It is believed that footage of Agathe was used in the news instead in order to hide the atomic incident that occurred. | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Algeria_location_map.svg)  Location of the test site | |
| Information | |
| Country | France |
| Test series | In Ekker series |
| Test site | In Ekker, French Algeria |
| Coordinates | 24°03′55″N 5°03′23″E / 24.06528°N 5.05639°E |
| Date | 7 November 1961 |
| Test type | Atmospheric |
| Test altitude | 1,000 m |
| Device type | Fission bomb |
| Yield | 10 kt (41.84 TJ) |
| Test chronology | |
Agate[a] was the codename of the first French nuclear underground test. It was conducted by the Joint Special Weapons Command on 7 November 1961, at the Oasis Military Experiments Centre near In Ekker, French Algeria at the Tan Afella in the Hoggar Mountains, during the Algerian War.[1]
It is named after the Agate, a rock formation used in jewelry.
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- ^ Senate of the French Republic (15 December 1997). "French Senate report #179: The first French tests in the Sahara". senat.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 August 2020.