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Mururoa Atoll bomb test

French nuclear bomb test at Mururoa (Moruroa) Atoll, 1970.

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mururoa protest
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1 comment has been posted about Mururoa Atoll bomb test

What do you know?

Peter Mitchell

Posted: 16 Jul 2008

I was aboard HMNZS Canterbury when it went to Mururoa for the protest. My web page is www.mururoavets.com