France 'deliberately exposed soldiers to radiation' - report

France’s military deliberately exposed soldiers to a nuclear test in the Sahara Desert to study how the atomic bomb would affect their bodies and minds, it has been reported.

France’s military deliberately exposed soldiers to a nuclear test in the Sahara Desert to study how the atomic bomb would affect their bodies and minds, it has been reported.

Reacting to the report in Le Parisien newspaper, which cited a secret defence document, the government pledged full transparency.

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