A History of Nuclear Testing in the Pacific: colonialism at its worst

I was living in Tonga in 1963 when the French exploded their first nuclear device. I remember the occasion clearly. We were walking home after a camera club meeting when the sky turned into a startling  display of colour, as if a rainbow has disintegrated. We didn't know what it was, and we din't have our camera with us.

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