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= Nuclear weapons program of France
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France has a well-established nuclear weapons program that has been in existence since the 1950s. The French government conducted its first successful nuclear test, code-named "Gerboise Bleue," in the Algerian desert on February 13, 1960. This marked France as the fourth country to develop and test nuclear weapons, following the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom.