The World - News from Oct. 27, 1985
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France has exploded another nuclear device at its Mururoa test site in the South Pacific, the New Zealand government reported. Acting prime minister Geoffrey Palmer told reporters the blast, estimated to have a yield of between 12 and 14 kilotons, was monitored in New Zealand Saturday morning. On Thursday, France conducted a nuclear test under a volcanic crater forming the lagoon at Mururoa. Palmer said the second test “is as unacceptable to the New Zealand government as the first.” He said he expects more tests will follow. A three-ship flotilla from the Greenpeace organization is in the area to protest the tests.
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