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The AN-11 was France’s first nuclear weapon developed to arm the Force de frappe. The AN-11’s development began in the late 1950s. An early version was used in France’s first nuclear test on 13 February 1960. The first AN-11 prototype was tested 1 May 1962 and it entered service in 1964.The AN-11 was a pure fission weapon a plutonium implosion type. It weighed approximately 1500 kg (3306 lb). It was a free-fall bomb intended to be dropped from high-altitude bomber aircraft.
