20世纪60~90年代,法国在南太平洋法属波利尼西亚进行了193次核武器试验,遭到南太平洋地区国家和世界人民的强烈反对。在多方面压力和全面禁止核试验的趋势下,法国终于在1996年停止了在南太平洋的核试验。冷战时期,世界主要大国热衷于核试验。一心维护世界大国地位并立志于发展独立国家防务的法国,也走上了核试验的道路。西方核大国美国、英国和法国都选择在南太平洋地区进行核试验。通过在南太平洋的核试验,法国增强了军事力量和核威慑力,在一定程度上实现了其提高国际地位的愿望。但法国在南太平洋的核试验严重损害了太平洋地区环境和当地人民的身心健康,法国与当地国家的关系也长期处于紧张状态。法国在核试验问题上的极端利己主义行径,仍然影响着当今它在南太平洋地区的角色和地位。
From the 1960s to the 1990s,France launched 193 nuclear tests in French Polynesia in the south Pacific,which was strongly opposed by countries in the south Pacific and people around the world.Under multifaceted pressure and the world trend towards a total ban on nuclear tests,France finally stopped its nuclear testing in the south Pacific in 1996.During the cold war era,major powers of the world were keen on nuclear tests.France,which was determined to maintain its status as a world power and develop its own national defense,also embarked on the road of nuclear tests.The western nuclear powers,for instance,the United States,Britain and France,all conducted nuclear tests in the south Pacific.Through nuclear tests in the south Pacific,France has strengthened its military force and nuclear deterrent,fulfilling its desire to enhance its international status to some extent.However,France's nuclear test in the south Pacific seriously damaged the environment of the Pacific region and the physical and mental health of the local people.France's extreme egoism on nuclear testing still affects its role and position in the south Pacific today.
Keywords: | FranceSouth PacificNuclear Testing |