Hao (French Polynesia)
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Hao, or Haorangi, is a large coral atoll in the central part of the Tuamotu Archipelago. It has c. 1000 people living on 35 km2. It was used to house the military support base for the nuclear tests on
NASA picture of Hao Atoll
Hao cemetery
View of Hao Atoll
Hao Airport
The sinking of Rainbow Warrior, codenamed Opération Satanique, was an act of French state-terrorism carried out on 10 July 1985. The event was described by France as a "covert operation" by the "actio
Hao (French Polynesia)
…were briefly confined to the military base on the island after France obtained their release from a New Zealand prison for sinking the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior. Their earlier-than-agreed-upon repatriation from the island by the French government became a diplomatic incident between New Zealand and France. Hao's…
Rainbow Warrior pictured in Scheveningen in 1979
Fernando Pereira, a photographer who was trapped and drowned in the sinking ship
Rainbow Warrior, 1981
Rainbow Warrior, 1985 in Auckland